of the TOaCOTH. 



THc Torcoth is a fifli having a red Belly, but of what 

 eflimation 1 know not ; for that, let the Welfh- 

 men fpeak^who beft know him: for as I have heard he 

 is only to be found in the Pool Lin-peris 'mCarnarvan' 

 pnre. I only name him that you may know there is 

 fuch a fiih. 



of tk raoiiT. 



IT is obferved that the Trmt comes in and goes out 

 of feafon with the Stag and Buck, and Spawns a- 

 bout October or November : which is the more to be 

 v^'Ondred at , becaufe molt other fifli Spawn in warm 

 weither, when the Sun by his heat hath adapted the 

 Earth and Water making them fit for generation. 

 All the Winter, the Trout is Sick, Lean and unwhol- 

 fome, and you fhall frequently then find him Louzy. 

 Thefe Trout-lice are a Imall Worm with a big Head 

 flicking clofe to his fides, and fucking moifture from 

 him that gave them being .• and he is not freed from 

 them till the Spring or the begining of Summer, at 

 which time his Itrength increafeth^ and then he de- 

 ferteth the ftilldeep waters, and betakes himfelf to 

 gravelly g ound, againfl: which he never leaves rub- 

 ing till he hath cleanfed himfelf of his Louzincfs •, and 

 then he delights to be in the fharp Streams and fuch 

 as are fwift , where he will lie in wait for Mimevps and 

 May-flies ^ at the latter end of which month he is in 

 his prime, being better and fatter in that Month , 

 efpecially at the latter end thereof, than in any o;her 

 throughout the whole year. 



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