174 T^ Complete Angler. 



CHAP. IX. 



Pifc. r a ^ HE Bream being at a 

 $ full growth , is a 

 * large and ftately fifh, 

 he will breed both in Rivers and 

 Ponds , but loves beft to live in 

 Ponds, where, if he likes the aire, 

 he will grow not only to be very 

 large, but as fat as a Hog : he is by 

 Gefner taken to be more pleafant or 

 fweet then wholefome ; this fifh is 

 long in growing , but breeds ex- 

 ceedingly in a water that pleafes 

 him,yea,in many Ponds fo fail,as to 

 over ftore them, and ftarve the other 

 fifh. 



The Baits good for to catch the 

 Bream are many ; as name]y,young 

 Wafps, and a Pafte made of brown 

 bread and honey, or Gentels, or 



elpecially 



