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ON THE PLACE OF FISH IN 







d. 



Tench. 



Roach 



Dace. 



Flounders. 



Porpoise 



Denison, 

 1492, on best 

 season for fish, 



In 1451 cost o o I J each. 



1530 

 '533 



2 8i 



1 19 6 were given in Durham for 



237- 



were is. 4d. to $\d. each. 



In 1535 2s. the hundred. 

 Do. do. 



was much bought ; the Duke of Bucks gave ?s. lod. 

 for a quarter of one in 1444 ; while Sion Abbey paid 

 los. for the same delicacy in 1502. In 1530-3 at 

 Durham their price varied from 15^. to 6s. 8d.,m 1531 

 from 4s. to 13^., in 1532 9^., in 1533 one whole 

 porpoise cost is. 8d. 



There follows a regular table of prices of all kinds 

 offish from the year 1401-1582. 



6. DENISON (ALFRED). 1492. 



The earliest Treaties on A ngling. 



(Privately printed 1872 translated from Flemish.) 



Best Season for Fish. 



SALMON. April and May, and a little while 

 after it is at its very best, and remains so till the day 

 of St. James. Then it must be left until St. Andrew's 

 day, and is best between St. Michael's Mass and St. 

 Martin's. 



PIKE CARP. Pike is best in July. Only the 

 pike is good at all times, only except when he sees 

 the rye he spawns. Item : the fore part is best, as it 

 is with other fishes. 



TENCH FLIE. Always best in June. 



