60 ^f f ffl)fn5. 



and at one draught drew up in the Net Seventy odd 

 Cwm, great and ImaJl. to the admiration and great fa- 

 .isfadtion of the Owner and the reft of the company, 

 . aving in all their life-time not (een the like before* 



The Tench hath but fmall Scales, f and they fmooth) 

 yet very large Fins , with a red Circle about his 

 Eyes, and a little Barb hanging at each corner of his 

 JMouth. 



The Slime of a Tench is very medicinal to woun- 

 ded Fifhes ; and therefore he is commonly called the 

 Fifljes Phyjitian. 



The Pike isfo fenfible of his vertue, that he will 

 rot injure the 7V»c/?,though he will feize on anv other 

 filhof his fize that comes in his way -■ And when the 

 Fikj: is fick or hurt,he applies himfelf to the T^w^,and 

 finds cure by rubbing himielfagainfthim. 



The Tench hath a greater love for Ponds than clear 

 Rivers, and delights bimfe'f amongft Weeds, and 

 loves to feed in very foul Water *, and yet his food is 

 nourifliing and pleafant. 



The time of Angling for him is earlv and late, both 

 morning and evening, in the moneths oijme^uly and 

 Auguf^ or all night in the (till parts of the River. 

 He is a great lover of large red Worms,an(l will bite 

 molt eagerly at them, if you firft dip them in Tar. 

 The Tench loves alfo all forts of Pafle made up with 

 flrong-fented Oyls, or with Tar, or a Pafte made of 

 brown Bread and Honey, He will bite alfo at a Cad- 

 worm , a Lob worm , a Flag-worm , green Gen- 

 tle, Cad-bait, Marfii-worm, or foft boy led Bread- 

 graii^. 



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