chap, vii.] THE COMPLETE ANGLER. 141 



" Take the stinking oil drawn out of Polypody 

 " of the oak by a retort, mixed with turpentine 

 " and hive-honey, and anoint your bait therewith, 

 " and it will doubtless draw the fish to it." 



The other is this : Vulnera Hederce grandissimce in- 

 flicta sudant Balsamum oleo gelato, albicantique per- 

 simile, odoris verb longe suavissimi. 



'Tis supremely sweet to any fish, and yet Assa- 

 fwtida may do the like. 



But in these things I have no great faith, yet 

 grant it probable ; and have had from some chemical 

 men, namely, from Sir George Hastings and others, 

 an affirmation of them to be very advantageous : 

 but no more of these, especially not in this place. 



I might here, before I take my leave of the Sal- 

 mon, tell you, that there is more than one sort of 

 them, as namely, a Tecon, and another called in 

 some places a Samlet, or by some, a Skegger : but 

 these and others, which I forbear to name, may be 

 fish of another kind, and differ, as we know a Herring 

 and a Pilcher do ; which, I think, are as different, as 

 the rivers in which they breed, and must by me be 

 left to the disquisitions of men of more leisure, and 

 of greater abilities, than I profess myself to have. 



And lastly, I am to borrow so much of your pro- 

 mised patience, as to tell you that the Trout or Sal- 

 mon being in season, have at their first taking out 

 of the water, which continues during life, their 

 bodies adorned, the one with such red spots, and the 

 other with such black or blackish spots, as give 

 them such an addition of natural beautv, as, I think, 



