. The complete angler, or, The contemplative man's recreation. chap, viii.] THE COMPLETE ANGLER. 149 take them all into her mouth, and swim away from any apprehended danger, and then let them out again when she thinks all danger to he past : these be accidents that we Anglers sometimes see, and often talk of. But whither am I going ? I had almost lost my- self bv remembering the discourse of Dubravius. I will therefore stop here, and tell you according to my promise how to catch this His feeding is usually of fish or frogs, and some- times a weed of his own called Pickerel-weed. Of whic
. The complete angler, or, The contemplative man's recreation. chap, viii.] THE COMPLETE ANGLER. 149 take them all into her mouth, and swim away from any apprehended danger, and then let them out again when she thinks all danger to he past : these be accidents that we Anglers sometimes see, and often talk of. But whither am I going ? I had almost lost my- self bv remembering the discourse of Dubravius. I will therefore stop here, and tell you according to my promise how to catch this His feeding is usually of fish or frogs, and some- times a weed of his own called Pickerel-weed. Of which I told you some think some Pikes are bred ; for they have observed, that where none have been put into ponds, yet they have there found many: and that there has been plenty of that weed in those ponds, and that that weed both breeds and feeds them ; but whether those Pikes so bred will ever breed by generation as the others do, I shall leave to the disquisitions of men of more curiosity and leisure than I profess myself to have : and shall. 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; Major, John, 1782-1849. London : D. Bogue
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