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THE COMPLETE ANGLER. 



[part I. 



THE FIFTH DAY. 



chap. win. Of the Minnow or Penk, of the Loach, 

 and of the Bull-Head, or Millek's-Thumb. 



Piscator. 

 There be also three or four other little Fish that 

 I had almost forgot, 





that all are without scales ; and may, for excellency 

 of meat, be compared to any fish of greatest value, 

 and largest size. They be usually full of eggs or 

 s*pawn all the months of summer ; for they breed 

 often, as 'tis observed mice and many of the smaller 

 four-footed creatures of the earth do ; and as those, 

 so these come quickly to their full growth and per- 



