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But, to eafe me of my Care, when I had made all 
the Obfervations I thought necetfary, and in Pity to- 
its Confinement, when I had kept it about feven oe 
eight Months, I gave it its Liberty. 
Out of the various Sorts of Fifh I have made Trial 
of, I never could bring any to be fo tame as this 
above-mention’d: From which I infer, that Fifh of 
Prey, as Pikes, Perch, Ruffs, &c. are the propereft 
Objects for this kind of Amufement; and did but 
our English Virtuofi know how eafily thefe fort of 
Fifh are tamed, and kept in Glaffes, it might be a 
means to leffen their Efteem for thofe brought from 
China ; unlefs it chiefly rife from their coming four 
or five Thoufand Miles off. 
Of all the Kinds of Fifh I have view’d the Circu- 
lation of the Blood in, there's none fhew it in a 
finer manner than Ruffs, whofe Fins are exceedingly 
tranfparent : Befides, it’s a Fifh that’s vaftly tenacious 
of Life, and will live twenty or thirty Minutes out 
of Water, and not receive much Damage. 
A S WHAT can any ways conduce to the Service of 
Mankind, however trifling it may appear to fome, 
will never prove difagreeable to an ingenious and 
humane Mind, I (hall add hereto a lhort Account 
how fmall Fifh are catched in fome Parts of Norfolk. 
At a Country Town about five or fix Miles from 
Norwich, the poor Sort of People have a very 
cheap and expeditious Method of catching fmall Fifh,, 
fuch as Dace, Roach, &c. out of a little Rivulet 
which runs clofe by. 
The Method is thus. 
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