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to be doubted, but that in Italy they make great pro- 

 fit of the spawn of Carps, by selling it to the Jews, 

 who make it into red caviare, the Jews not being by 

 their law admitted to eat of caviare made of the 

 Sturgeon, that being a fish that wants scales, and, as 

 may appear in Levit. xi. by them reputed to be 

 unclean. 



Much more might be said out of him, and out of 

 Aristotle, which Dubravius often quotes in his Dis- 

 course of fishes : but it might rather perplex than 

 satisfy you; and, therefore, I shall rather choose to 

 direct you, How to catch, than spend more time in 

 discoursing either of the nature or the breeding of 

 this 



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yf of any more circumstances concerning him. But 

 yet I shall remember you of what I told you before, 

 that he is a very subtil fish, and hard to be caught. 



And my first direction is, that if you will fish for 

 a Carp, you must put on a very large measure of 

 patience, especially to fish for a river Carp : I have 

 known a very good fisher angle, diligently, four or 

 six hours in a day, for three or four days together, for a 

 river Carp, and not have a bite. And you are to 

 note, that in some ponds, it is as hard to catch a Carp 

 as in a river ; that is to say, where they have store 

 of feed, and the water is of a clayish colour. But 



