Author: Robert Blakey

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Published: 2016-06-27

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 9781332796335

Excerpt from Angling, or How to Angle, and Where to Go In the dialogues of Elfric, composed for the use Of the Anglo Saxon youth in the learmng Of the Latln to O, we find frequent mention made Of fishermen, and matters re atlng to their craft. In one dialogue the fisherman is asked, What gettest than by thine art? Blg loaves, clothing, and money. 0 How do you take them P I ascendoa shl and cast mg net Into the river; I also throw in a hook, a balt, an a rod. Appose the fishes are unclean? I throw the unclean out, and take the food. Where do you sell your fish P In the City. Who bu them? The citizens; I cannot take so many as I can so What fishes do on take? Eels, haddocks, minnows, and eel-pouts skate, an lam reys, and whatever swims ln the rivers. Y do you not in the sea? Sometimes I do; but rarely, because a great shlp is necess. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.