The Eels and the Haystack. 143 



THE EELS AND GREAT FROST OF 1125. 



By the way, I notice that Walton, in 

 giving the story of the eels which died in 

 the very cold winter of 1125, says that 

 " they did by nature's instinct get out of 

 the water into a stack of hay in a meadow 

 upon drie ground, and there bedded them- 

 selves, but yet at last a frost kill'd them." 

 I find that Dr. Forer's Gesner gives the 

 reason of the eels leaving the water as 

 "aus hassung derKalte" ("from hatred 

 of the cold "), and the cause of their death 

 in the haystack as " wegen der Kalte und 

 mangel desz Wassers " (" on account of 

 the cold and want of water"). 



THE THIRD AND FOURTH EDITIONS OF 

 "THE COMPLEAT ANGLER." 



" The third edition," says The Chronicle 

 of" The Compkat Angler" "was issued in 

 1661 ; but before many copies had been 

 sold, and for some reason (not now dis- 

 coverable, though possibly pecuniary), the 

 sale of the book was transferred from 

 Richard Harriot to Simon Gape ('near 

 the Inner Temple Gate in Fleet Street '), 

 by whom the remainder of the impression 

 was sent forth, with a fresh title-page, 

 dated 1664." A few minor additions 



