The Complete Angler. 



Pifc. Ipray,honeftHuntfman,let 

 me ask you a pleafant queftion, Do 

 you hunt a Beaft or a fifh ? 



H. Sir,Itisnotin my power to re- 

 folve you ; for the queftion has been 

 debated among many great Clerks, 

 and they feem to differ about it; but 

 moft agree, that his tail is fifh: and 

 if his body be fifh too, then I may 

 fay, that a fifh will walk upon land 

 (for an Otter does fo) fometimes 

 five or fix, or ten miles in a night. 

 But (Sir) I can tell you certainly, 

 that he devours much fifh, and kils 

 and Ipoils much more : And I can 

 tell you, that he can fmel a fifh ii> 

 the water one hundred yards from 

 him (Gefner fay es,much farther) and 

 that his ftones are good againft the 

 Falling-ficknefs : and that there is 

 an herb Benione, which being hung 

 in a linen cloth near a Fifh Pond,or 

 any haunt that he ufes, makes him 

 to avoid the place, which proves he 

 can frnell both by water and land. 



And 



