The Complete Angler. 



For dig Trout] a Trout ^'Jiat bears 

 the name of the Town where 'tis u- 

 fually caught) that is Recounted rare 

 meat, many of them nesr the big- 

 nefs of a Salmon , bu knowne by 

 their different colour, and in their 

 beft feafon cut very white;and none 

 have been known to be caught with 

 an Angle, urilefs it were one that 

 was caught by honeft Sir George Ha- 

 Jlings, an excellent Angler ( and 

 now withGod)and hehas toldme,he 

 thought that Trout bit not for hun- 

 ger, but wantonnefs ; and 'tis the 

 rather to be believed, becaufe both 

 he then, and many others before 

 him have been curious to fearch into 

 their bellies what the food was by 

 which they lived ; and have found 

 out nothing by which they might f 3- 

 tisfie their curiofitie. 



Concerning which you are to 

 take notice, that it is reported, there 

 is a fifli that hath not any mouth, but 

 lives by taking breath by the porinfs 



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