The Complete Angler. 



fent fay no more, but come next tr> 

 give you fome directions how t^ 

 bait your hook with a Frog. 



Fiat. But, good Matter, did not 

 you fay even now, that fome Frogs 

 were venemous, and is it not dange- 

 rous to touch them? 



Pife. Yes,but I wil give you fome 

 Rules or Caution.sconcerningthem: 

 And firtt, you are to note, there is 

 two kinds of Frogs ; that is to fay, 

 (if I may fo exprefs my felf ) zfajb 

 and ^fijh"frog\ byflefh/r^Jmean, 

 frogs that breed and live on the land; 

 and of thefe there be feveral forts 

 and colours, fome being peckled, 

 fome greenifh, fome blackifh, or 

 brown : the green Frog, which is a 

 fmal one, is by Topfell taken to be 

 venemous ; and fo is the Pcdock, or 

 Frog-Padock, which ufually keeps 

 or breeds on the land, and is very 

 large and bony, and big, efpecial- 

 ly the She frog of that kind; yet thefe 

 wil fometime come into the water, 

 L 4 but 



