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quent both the sea and fresh rivers ; as namely, 

 the Lamprel, the Lamprey, and the Lamperne ,- as 

 also of the mightv Conger, taken often in Severn 

 about Gloucester : and might also tell in what high 

 esteem many of them are for the curiosity of their 

 taste. But these are not so proper to be talked of 

 by me, because they make us Anglers no sport, 

 therefore I will let them alone as the Jews do, to 

 whom they are forbidden by their law. 



And, Scholar, there is also a Flounder, a sea-fish, 

 which will wander very far into fresh rivers, and 

 there lose himself, and dwell, and thrive to a hand's 

 breadth, and almost twice so long ; a fish without 

 scales, and most excellent meat : and a fish that 

 affords much sport to the Angler, with any small 

 worm, but especially a little bluish worm, gotten 

 out of marsh-ground or meadows, which should be 

 well scoured. But this, though it be most excellent 

 meat, yet it wants scales, and is, as I told you, 

 therefore an abomination to the Jews. 



But, Scholar, there is a fish that they in Lan- 

 cashire boast very much of, called a Char, taken 

 there, and I think there only, in a mere called 

 Winander-Mere ; a mere, says Camden, that is the 

 largest in this nation, being ten miles in length, 

 and some say, as smooth in the bottom as if it were 

 paved with polished marble. This fish never ex- 

 ceeds fifteen or sixteen inches in length, and 'tis 

 spotted like a Trout, and has scarce a bone but on 

 the hack. But this, though I do not know whether 



