2lo ON TUE ANTIQUITY OF FISHING. 



And g ined him converts, when he d : d bestow 

 His prayers above with blessings here below. 

 In fine, if you look up to the azure sky, 

 And view the circles in Astronomy, 

 You there may see a fish preferred so high, 

 The heavens are with ihe constellation graced, 

 Piscvs is next unto Aquarius placed ; 

 For lest the firmament a sign should lack, 

 A fish the twelfth is in the zodiac. 

 Thus from the ocean to the stars we can 

 Advance the praises of the Fisherman. 

 And 'tis from Gospel and the Prophets seen, 

 What honor, use of fish, and fishing's been. 



R.NOBBS.M.A. 



