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THE COMPLETE ANGLER. 



end they did usually keep them living in glass bottles in 

 their dining-rooms ; and they did glory much in their enter- 

 taining of friends, to have that fish taken from under their 

 table alive that was instantly to be fed upon. And he says, 

 they took great pleasure to see their mullets change to 

 several colours when they were dying. But enough of this, 

 for I doubt I have stayed too long from giving you some 

 observations of the trout, and how to fish for him, which 

 shall take up the next of my spare time. 



