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THE COMPLETE ANGLER. 



[part I. 



that he is more kipper, and less ahle to endure a 

 winter in the fresh-water, than she is : yet she is at 

 that time of looking less kipper and hetter, as wa- 

 tery, and as had meat. 



And yet you are to observe, that as there is no 

 general rule without an exception, so there are 

 some few rivers in this nation, that have Trouts and 

 Salmons in season in winter ; as 'tis certain there 

 be in the river Wye in Monmouthshire, where they 

 be in season, as Camden observes, from September 

 till April. But, mv Scholar, the observation of this 

 and many other things, I must in manners omit, 

 because they will prove too large for our narrow 

 compass of time ; and therefore % I shall next fall 

 upon my direction how to fish for this Salmon. 



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And for that : First you shall observe, that usually 

 he stays not long in a place as Trouts will, but, as 

 I said, covets still to go nearer the spring- head ; 

 and that he does not as the Trout, and many other 

 fish, lie near the water-side, or bank, or roots of 



