The Complete Angler. 89 



(hape and in their fpots, as we fee 

 Sheep differ one from another in 

 their fhape and bignefs, and in the 

 finefs of their wool : and certainly 

 as fome Paftures do breed larger 

 Sheep, fo do fome Rivers, by rea- 

 fon of the ground over which they 

 run, breed larger Trout s . 



Now the next thing that I will 

 commend to your confideration is, 

 That the Trout is of a more fudden 

 growth then other fifh: concerning 

 which you are alfo to take notice, 

 that he lives not fo long as the Pearch 

 and divers other fifhes do, as Sir 

 Francis Bacon hath obferved in his 

 Hiftory of life and death. 



And next,you are to take notice, 

 that after hee is come to his full 

 growth,he declines in his bodie,but 

 keeps his bignefs or thrives in his 

 head till his death. And you are to 

 know that he wil about (eipecially 

 before)the time of his Spawning, get 

 almofl miraculouily through Weires 



anr* 



