145 THE COMPLETE ANGLER. 



honest men ; and I trust you will prove both, and therefore I have 

 trusted you with this secret. 



Let me next tell you, that Gesner tells us there are no pikes 

 in Spain ; and that tiie largest are in the lake Thrasymene in 

 Italy ; and the next, if not equal to them, are the pikes of Eng- 

 land ; and that in England, Lincolnshire boasteth to have the 

 bi'rfrest. Just so doth Sussex boast of four sorts of fish ; name- 

 Iv, an Arundel mullet, a Chichester lobster, a Shelsey cockle, 

 and an Amerley trout. 



But I will take up no more of your time with this relation ; 

 but proceed to give you some observations of the carp, and how 

 to angle for him, and to dress him, but not till he is caught. 



