thereon, and sinke it in a riuer at that time of
the yeare, and take it out suddenly the next
morning, and you shall find likewise many
small Eeles therein. The reason is, at that
time of the yeare that riuer being full of such
young Eeles, they will creepe into euery thing
that is sweete and pleasant.Eeles come from the brackish and sea wa∣ter. And for proofe
that the sayd Eele frie doe come out of the
brackish waters against the streame into all
other Riuers, Rils, and Ponds, if in the be∣ginning
of the Sommer you do diligently ob∣serue
at the taile of any water Mill,In the riuer of Seuerne I haue seene great store of these small Eele frie taken going a∣gainst the streame, when they are no grea∣ter then a wheate straw. especi∣ally
neare vnto any great riuer, you shall see
them in great numbers early in the morning,
and late in the euening, in Iune or Iuly at
the chinckes and holes in the floud-gates to
labour exceedingly to get vp against the streame,
although they be often times driuen backe with
the violence of the water, yet cease they not
still againe to labour vntill they haue gotten
vp against the streame. The like do Sal∣monds,Eeles go a∣gainst the streame, and so doth most other fish in the spring time.
Barbils, Troutes, Roch, Date,
Cheuin, Gogions, and other riuer fish at
Weres and Dammes in great riuers, for that
they couet to spawne in shallow waters, and
not in the deepe: the which thing when they
haue performed,Fish couet to go downe the streame in the latter end of the Sommer. they then presently couet to
go downe the streame vntill they come vnto the
brackish or sea water.It may be here expected that I should set
downe the baites to be vsed for all kind of
pond-fish,Baites for euery seue∣rall fish. for all seasons of the yeare, but therein
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