CHAPTER XVIII. 



OF THE MINNOW OR PENK, OF THE LOACH, AND OF 

 THE BULL-HEAD OR MILLER'S THUMB. 



PlSC. There be also three or four other little fish that I 

 had almost forgot, that are all without scales, and may for 

 excellency of meat be compared to any fish of greatest 

 value and largest size. They be usually full of eggs or 

 spawn all the months ot summer ; for they breed often, as 

 it is observed mice, and many of the smaller four-footed 

 creatures of the earth, do; and as those, so these, come 

 quickly to their full growth and perfection. And it is need- 

 ful that they breed both often and numerously, for they be, 

 besides other accidents of ruin, both a prey and baits for 

 other fish. And first, I shall tell you of the Minnow or 

 Pcnk. 



