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deep, under a hollow place of the bank, or a stone which 

 lying hollow, he loves exceedingly; and sometimes, 

 but not so usually, he is found amongst weeds. 



3. The Pearch prefers a gentle stream, of a rea- 

 sonable depth, seldom shallow, close by a hollow bank ; 

 and though these three sorts of fish covet clear and 

 swift rivers, green weeds, and stony gravel; yet they 

 are sometimes found, but not in such plenty and good- 

 ness, in slow muddy rivers. 



4. Carp, Tench, and Eel, seek mud and a still 

 water ; Eels under roots or stones, a Carp chooseth the 

 deepest and most still place of pond or river, so does 

 the Tench, and also green weeds, which he likes exceed- 

 ingly ; the greatest Eels love as before ; but the smaller 

 ones are found in all sorts of rivers and soils. 



5. Pike, Bream, and Chub, choose sand or clay : 

 the Bream, a gentle stream, and the broadest part of the 

 river; the Pike, still pools full of fry, and shelters him- 

 self, the better to surprise his prey unawares, amongst 

 bull-rushes, water-docks, or under-bushes ; the Chub 

 loves the same ground, but is more rarely found without 

 some tree to shade and cover him, in large rivers and 

 streams. 



6. Barbel, Roach.Dace, and Ruff, seek gravel and 

 sand more than the Bream, and the deepest parts of the 

 river, where shady trees are more grateful to them, than 

 to the Chub or Chevin. 



7. The Umber seeks marl, clay, clear waters, 

 swift streams, far from the Sea, for I never saw any 

 taken near it ; and the greatest plenty of them that I 



