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slime, most curiously made of these, even so as to 

 be wondered at ; but not to be made by man no 

 more than a King- Fisher's nest can, which is made 

 of little fishes' bones, aud have such a geometrical 

 interweaving and connection, as the like is not to 

 be done by the art of man. This kind of Cadis is a 

 choice bait for any fioat-fish ; it is much less than 

 the Piper-Cadis, and to be so ordered ; and these 

 mav be so preserved, ten, fifteen, or twenty, days, 

 or it may be longer. 



There is also another Cadis, called by some a 

 Straw-ivorm, and by some a Ruff-coat ; whose house 

 or case is made of little pieces of bents, and rushes, 

 and straws, and water-weeds, and I know not what ; 

 which are so knit together with condensed slime, 

 that they stick about her husk or case, not unlike 

 the bristles of a hedgehog. These three Cadises 

 are commonly taken in the beginning of summer ; 

 and are good, indeed, to take any kind of fish, with 

 float or otherwise. I might tell you of many more, 

 which as these do early, so those have their time 

 also of turning to be flies later in summer ; but I 

 might lose myself and tire you by such a discourse. 

 I shall, therefore, but remember you, that to know 

 these and their several kinds, and to what flies 

 every particular Cadis turns, and then how to use 

 them, first as they be Cadis, and after as they be 

 flies, is an art, and an art that every one that pro- 

 fesses to be an Angler has not leisure to search 

 after ; and, if he had, is not capable of learning. 



