158 THE COMPLETE ANGLER. 



stirring of the earth which is occasioned by that 

 thunder. 



And this reason of Sir Francis Bacon, Exper. 

 792, has made me crave pardon of one that I 

 laughed at for affirming that he knew carps come 

 to a certain place in a pond to be fed at the ring- 

 ing of a bell or the beating of a drum. And how- 

 ever, it shall be a rule for me to make as little 

 noise as I can when I am fishing until Sir Francis 

 Bacon be confuted, which I shall give any man 

 leave to do. 



And lest you may think him singular in this 

 opinion, I will tell you this seems to be believed 

 by our learned Dr. Hake will, who in his " Apol- 

 ogy of God's Power and Providence," foL 360, 

 quotes Pliny to report that one of the emperors 

 had particular fish-ponds, and in them several fish 

 that appeared and came when they were called 

 by their particular names. And Saint James tells 

 us (chap. iii. 7) that all things in the sea have been 

 tamed by mankind. And Pliny tells us (Lib. ix. 

 35) that Antonia, the wife of Drusus, had a lam- 

 prey at whose gills she hung jewels or ear-rings, 

 and that others have been so tender-hearted as to 

 shed tears at the death of fishes which they have 

 kept and loved, And these observations, which 

 will to most hearers seem wonderful, seem to have 

 a further confirmation from Martial, Lib. iv. Epigr. 

 30, who writes thus : 



Piscator, fuge, ne nocens, etc. 

 " Angler, wouldst thou be guiltless ? then forbear 



