CHAP. XI.] 



THE COMPLETE ANGLER. 



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to feed upon without disturbance about two or three 

 days ; and after that you have drawn it away, you 

 may fall to, and enjoy your former recreation. B. A. 



THE FOURTH DAY. 



chap. xi. Observations of the Tench, and Advice how 

 to Angle for him. 



Piscatou. 



-L he Tench, the Physician of fishes, is observed to 

 love ponds better than rivers, and to love pits bet- 

 ter than either ; yet Camden observes there is a 

 river in Dorsetshire that abounds with Tenches, but 

 doubtless they retire to the most deep and quiet 

 places in it. 



This fish hath very large fins, very small and 



