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thrives til he free himfelf from them, 

 which is till warm weather comes, 

 and then as he growes itronger, he 

 gets from the dead, ftill water, in- 

 to the fharp ftreames and the 

 gravel, and there rubs off thefe 

 worms or lice : and then as he grows 

 ftronger,fo he gets him into fwifter 

 and fwifter ftreams, and there lies 



atthe watch for anv flie or Minow 



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that comes neer to him ; and he 

 dpecially loves the May flie,which is 

 bred of \hz Cod-worm or Caddis, and 

 thefe make the Trout bold and luftie, 

 and he is ufually fatter, and better 

 meat at the end of that month, then 

 at any time of the year. 



Now you are to know, that it is 

 obierved,that ufually thebeft Trout s 

 are either red or yellow, though 

 fome be white and yet good; but 

 that is not ufual ; and it is a note ob- 

 fervable that the female Trout hath 

 ufually a lefs head and a deeper bo- 

 dy then the male Trout ; and a little 



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