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ons which fome Philofophycal brain 

 havebeftowed upon the frefh-water 

 Pearcb, yet they commend the Sea 

 Pearcb, which is known by having 

 but one fin on his back, (of which 

 they fay, we Eng/ijhfee but a few) to 

 be a much better fifh. 



The Pearcb grows flowly, yet 

 will grow, as I have been credibly 

 informed, to be almoft two foot 

 long; for my Informer told me, 

 fuch a one was not long fince taken 

 by Sir Abraham Williams, a Gentle- 

 man of worth, and a lover of Ang- 

 ling,thatyetlives,andl wifhhemay: 

 this was a deep bodied fifh; and 

 doubtlefs durft have devoured a Pike 

 of half his own length ; for I have 

 told you, he is a bold fifh, fuch a 

 one, as but for extreme hunger, the 

 Pike will not devour ; for to affright 

 the Pike, the Pearcb will fet up his 

 fins, much like as a Turkie-Cock wil 

 (bmetimes fet up his tail. 



But , my Scholer, the Pearch is 



not 



