covered with whitifh, blacki/h, and brown ifh -fpots. 



They begin tofpawnabouc Jprt/^ and are full of 

 Spawn all the Summer-leafon. The HHll-hea4's com- 

 mon habitation is in Holes, or among Stones in clear 

 Water in Summer ^ but in the Winter he takes up his • 

 quarters with the Eel in the Mud : So doth the Loach 

 and Mtnnow ^ or we cannot guefs other wife where 

 their Winter-abode fhould be. 



He iseafily taken in the Summer, -for he is lazie 

 and limple. You may fee him in hot weather lie Sun- 

 ning himfelf on a flat Stone or gravelly Ground, at 

 which thne you may put your Hook ('which muft be 

 baited with a fmall Worm j very near the Mouth, at 

 which he feldomrefufeth to bite, fothat the verieft 

 bungling Angler may take him. 



He is an excellent fifli for taft, but of fo ill a fhapej, 

 that many women care not for dreffing him, he fo 

 much refembles a Toad. 



Of the C H U V I H. 



T' H E Chevin fpawneth in March, and is a very 

 ftrong Tyet unadtive) filh, yielding in a very 

 little time after he is ftruck. Thelargerheis, the 

 quieter he is taken. 



As for his food, he loveth all forts of Worms and 

 Flies, alfo Cheefe, Grain , black Worms, flitting their 

 Bellies that the white may appear : he loveth to have 

 his Bait large, and variety of Baits at one Hook. He 

 delights very much in the Pith thai grows in the bone 

 of an Ox- back, of which you mufc be careful in taking 

 offthe tough outward Skin, without breaking the 

 tender inward Skin. 



Early in the Mornin-nr angle for Vour Chevin with 

 Snails j but choofe lome other Bait for him in the 



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