HINTS ON ANGLING, 



ETC., ETC. 



INTRODUCTION. 



"ALL Fish," says old Caspar Schwenkfeld, in his Therio 

 Trophaum Silesia, " by reason of the nature and custom 

 of the elements from which they have sprung and derive 

 their virtue, and on account of their cold and gelatinous 

 nature, are very difficult of digestion. They also gene- 

 rate cold and phlegmatic blood, from whence many 

 similar grievous disorders date their origin; for they 

 weaken the nerves, and prepare them for paralysis: and 

 as they injure the more cold and damp stomach, so, on 

 the contrary, they greatly benefit the more bilious and 

 warm."* 



Whether a London alderman, or any other distin- 

 guished gourmand, revelling on the delicate white flesh of 

 the rich turbot, or gloating over the rosy charms of 

 the luscious salmon, with their approved delicious and 

 appetising sauces, would be inclined to subscribe to the 

 opinion of the old Prussian physician, is a problem of 



* Edition, Leipsic, 1603. 

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