. The compleat angler. Fishing. 'The Compleat ^Angler. thou found it, eat no more than is sufficient, lest thou surfeit; for it is not good to eat much ; And let me add this, that the un- charitable ItaHan bids us " give eels and no wine to our ; And I will beg a little more of your attention to tell you Aldro- vandus,and divers physicians, commend the eel very much for medicine, though not for meat. But let me tell you one observation, that the eel is never out of season, as trouts, and most other fish are at set times: at least most eels are not. I might here spe
. The compleat angler. Fishing. 'The Compleat ^Angler. thou found it, eat no more than is sufficient, lest thou surfeit; for it is not good to eat much ; And let me add this, that the un- charitable ItaHan bids us " give eels and no wine to our ; And I will beg a little more of your attention to tell you Aldro- vandus,and divers physicians, commend the eel very much for medicine, though not for meat. But let me tell you one observation, that the eel is never out of season, as trouts, and most other fish are at set times: at least most eels are not. I might here speak of many other fish, whose shape and nature are much like the eel, and frequent both the sea and fresh rivers ; as namely, the lamprel, the lamprey, and the lamperne : as also of the mighty conger, taken often in Severn, about Gloucester; and might also tell in what high esteem many of them are for the curiosity of their taste; but these are not so proper to be talked of by me, because they make us anglers no sport; therefore I will let them alone, as the Jews do, to whom they are forbidden by their law. And, scholar, there is also a flounder, a sea-fish, which will wander very far into fresh rivers, and there lose himself and dwell; and thrive to a hand's breadth, and almost twice so long : a fish without scales, and most excellent meat; and a fish that aiFords much sport to the angler, with any small worm, but especially a little bluish worm 192. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Walton, Izaak, 1593-1683; Cotton, Charles, 1630-1687; Le Gallienne, Richard, 1866-1947 ed. London ; New York : John Lane
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