THE 



COMPLETE TROLLER: 



OR, 



THE ART 



OF 



TK.OLLING. 



CHAP. I. 



OJ the Name and Nature of a Ptke* 



J\ PTE is called in the Latin, Lucius, or Lucendo, 

 from his shining in the water, or else (which is more 

 probable) from the Greek word Lupiis ; as the Wolf is 

 the most ravenous and cruel amonglSeasts, so the Pike 

 is the most greedy and devouring among fishes ; so that, 

 Lupis Piscis is the most proper name for the Sea~Wo!f, 

 yet it is often used for the Pike itself; the fresh- water 

 Wolf is of , so greedy and voracious a nature, that he 

 doth not only prey upon small fishes, frogs, &c. that 

 come in his way, but sometimes upon Water F >wls, 

 &c. and (some say) he will fasten upon greater animals. 

 A German writer reports, for a certain truth, that 

 having his mule to drink at the river Rhine, she was 

 caught so fast by her nether lip with a Pike, that being 

 sorely bit and terrified at so unexpected an a sault, 

 she suddenly threw up her head, and cast the fish on 

 shore, which became a prey to the master of the mule. 

 Out of this Pike were taken^ when it was opened; two 



