The angler's vade mecum, or, A compendious, yet full, discourse of angling discovering the aptest methods and ways ... for the catching all manner of fresh-water fish ... : together with a brief discourse of fish ponds, and not only the easiest but most palatable ways of dressing all sorts of fish ... / by a lover of angling.

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Title: The angler's vade mecum, or, A compendious, yet full, discourse of angling discovering the aptest methods and ways ... for the catching all manner of fresh-water fish ... : together with a brief discourse of fish ponds, and not only the easiest but most palatable ways of dressing all sorts of fish ... / by a lover of angling.
Author: Chetham, James, 1640-1692.
Publication: London :: Printed for Tho. Bassett ...,; 1681.
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Subject terms: Fishing -- Early works to 1800.; Fishes -- Early works to 1800.
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Haunts.

1. BArbel in Summer lives in the strongest swifts of the water, and under the shades of Trees, they much delight in the shal∣lowest and sharpest Streams, and lurk under weeds, feeding on Gravel against a rising ground, where he'l root and dig in the Sand with his Nose like a Hog, and there nests him∣self, yet sometimes he lies about deep and swift waters, at Bridges, Floodgates or Weirs, where he'l remain among Piles or hollow places, and the swiftness of the water is not able to force him thence, at the approach of Winter he for∣sakes the swift Streams and shallow waters, and by degrees retires to those parts of the River that are quiet and deep.