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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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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Fishing -- Early works to 1800.
Fishes -- Early works to 1800.
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"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." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A32790.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 14, 2024.

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Their Kinds.

1. THere are four forts of Eels, the Silver Eel, the greenish Eel, the blackish Eel which hath a broader, flatter and larger head

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then ordinary, and the Eel with red Fins, the blackish Eel is the worst. They live about 10 years, and after they get into the Sea they ne∣ver return: They are always in season, and the older the better; They are impatient of cold, for in the 6 cooler months they stir not up and down, neither in Rivers or Ponds, but get into the soft earth or mud, and there many of them bed themselves together, they seldom stir in the day time, unless the water be mud∣ded and raised a little by rain, but is most usu∣ally caught in the night.

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