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THE COMPLETE ANGLER. 



[PART I. 



it make the Angler sport, yet I would have you take 

 notice of it, because it is a rarity, and of so high 

 esteem with persons of great note. 



Nor would I have you ignorant of a rare fish 

 called a Guiniad, of which I shall tell you what Cam- 

 den, and others speak. The river Dee, which runs 

 by Chester, springs in Merionethshire ; and, as it runs 

 toward Chester, it runs through Pemble-Mere, which 

 is a large water : and it is observed, that though 

 the river Dee abounds with Salmon, and Pemble- 

 Mere with the Guiniad, yet there is never any Sal- 

 mon caught in the mere, nor a Guiniad in the river. 

 And now my next observation shall be of the Barbel. 



