The art of angling ... forming a sportsman's magazine; and comprizing all that is curious and valuable in the art / [R. Brookes].

  • Richard Brookes
Date:
1790
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Credit: The art of angling ... forming a sportsman's magazine; and comprizing all that is curious and valuable in the art / [R. Brookes]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    angli OJ FISH In Central. AS it is the Dcfign in this Dictionary to give a particular Account of all the Fifh which are either brought to our Markets, or caught in our Ri- vers or Ponds, it may not be improper firft to give a Defcnption of fuch Properties as arS commonly pof- ieffed by the watery Inhabitants, becaufe this will greatly contribute to make all that {hall be faid of them eaiily underftood. The firft thing that occurs is their Shape or Figure which always tapers a little at the Head, and qualified jkePV° ir-averfe the Fluid which they inhabit. The Tail is extremely flexible, and is furnilhed with (treat . Strength and Agility, bending itfelf either to the Right or the Left, by which means it repels the water behind it, and advances the Head and all the reft of the Body. It is commonly thought, that the Fins are the B chief