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hands till it be dry, and then put it 

 to them again : And for Mofs you 

 are to note, that there be divers 

 kindes of it which I could name to 

 you, but wil onely tel you, that that 

 which is likeft a Bucks born is the 

 beft; excep tit be white Mofs, which 

 grows on fome heaths, and is hard to 

 be found. 



For the Minnow or Penke, he is 

 eafily found and caught in April , 

 for then hee appears in the Rivers : 

 but Nature hath taught him to fhel- 

 ter and hide himfelf in the Winter 

 in ditches that be neer to the River, 

 and there both to hide and keep 

 himfelf warm in the weeds, which 

 rot not fo foon as in a running Ri- 

 ver ; in which place if hee were in 

 Winter,the diftempered Floods that 

 are ufually in that feafon, would 

 fuffer him to have no i eft, but carry 

 him headlong to Mils and Weires 

 to his confulion. Ana of thefe 

 Minnows, firit you are to know,that 



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