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^awning-time -, for at that time theic appetite is 



luch abated. , r j ..u . « 



It is a very Itrangc thing to confider the natural 

 iftirxflinFilh in foreknowing the approach of a fhowr 

 fRain; for I have tried, that upon the rife of a 

 •loud that threatned a fudden Showr,they would not 

 ite i from which obfervation I have often iav d m 

 ^Iffrom being wet to the Skin. ^ 



Laflly, If the preceding night prove dark and 

 loudv, the fucceeding day will prove incffeaual for 

 ifhinR,unlefs for fmall filh •, for at luch times the great 

 mes prey abroad for the lefler,who,by inftnia: know- 

 ng the danger.hide themfelves till the Morning ^ and 

 laving fafted'ali night become then very hungry, 

 ;vhilft the grent ones having gorg'd themfehes he ab- 

 fcondcd all the day long. , 



The nex-r thing we Ml infift on, is the wayot 

 ^aking feveraliorts of fifh (as they are here alphabe. 

 tically fet down) with fevera'. proper Baits according 

 to the belt of experiences. 



Of the BARBEL. 



THE Barbel is fo called by reafon of the Barb 

 which is under his Nofeor Chaps. He is a lea- 

 ther-mouth'd-fi(h,that is,fuch a one as will not break 

 his hold when hook d^ but will frequently break, it 



big, both Rod and Line. , ^ n. 



They fwim together in great Shoals,and are at woiit 

 in Jpril, though not very good at any time. 



The phces vvhere he loves moft to rerort,are where 

 Weeds grow, or in a gravelly rifsng ground, wherem 

 he will dig and root like a Hog with bis No.e : not 



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