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 * Where he may best his choice of pastime take, While swift HYPERION runs his circle round: And as the place shall to his liking prove, There still remain or further else remove.

To know each Fish's Haunt.

Now that the Angler may the better know Where he may find each fish he doth require; Since some delight in waters still and slow, And some do love the mud and slimy mire; Some others where the stream doth swifter flow; Some stony ground, and gravel some desire: Here shall he learn how every sort do seek To haunt the lair that doth his nature like.

Carp, eel and tench do love a muddy ground; Eels under stones or hollow roots do lie, The tench among thick weeds is soonest found, The fearful carp into the deep doth fly: Bream, chub and pike, where clay and sand abound, Pike love great pools and places full of fry, The chub delight in stream or shady tree, And tender bream in broadest lake to be.

The salmon swift the rivers sweet doth like, Where largest streams into the sea are led; The spotted trout, the smaller brooks doth seek, And in the deepest hole there hides his head; The prickled perch, in every hollow creek          [29. p. 197.] Hard by the bank and sandy shore is fed: Perch, trout and salmon love clear waters all, Green weedy rocks and stony gravel small.