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Of Hunting ., Fowling , Fishing ., 3cc.

Tta Polypi or Pomcontrels taken. “*

Th* Polypi take delight in the Olive-tree , and they are oft-times found fastned-with their claws about the body of it: sometimes also, they are sound-clappingabout the Fig-tree that grows neer the Sea, and eating the Figs, faith' Clearchus.Whcresore Fishers let down an Olive-bougb into the Sea, where the Polypi use tobe. In short space, without any labour, they draw up as many Polypi as they will.Opian handsomely describes it thus:

The Polyput doth love the Olive tree.

And bj the speckled leaves Qtis wonder ) heIs catch'd. --

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He is enraged for the Olive-bough,

The wary Ftjher doth by this know how+ To catch this Fish : for he doth binde about

Apiece of Lead, an Olive- branch throughout iThe Fi(h' lays hold^ and will not let it go ;

He loves it, and it proves his overthrow.

Chap. IV.

What noises will allure Birds,

N Ot oaely love,but noises and Mustek will draw them: and each creature delightsin some special noise. First,

The Dolphin loves the Harp.

And with this Mustek is he most delighted , as also with the sound of the Organs.HenCe Herodotus first, and others from him, report, that Arion was carried to Tena-rus on a Dolphins back: for when the men of Corinth cast him into the Sea, he beg-ged that he might hive his Harp with him, and might sing one song as he was thrownin. But a Dolphin took him, and brought 1 him to Tenarus. Opian.

( A mis is charmed by a t^tinfirelor Flute.

A Minstrel at Pythiocara, when he fang and played very pleasantly , he made theWolves tame. \Ælian.

Horses delight in the Musi cfof the Flute.

The Horses of Lybia are so taken with the noise of the F ute , that they wil! growtractablefor mans use thereby, and not be obstinate. Shepherds make a ShepherdsPipe of Rhododaphne ; and by piping on this, they will so delight Horles, that theywill run after them: and when the Shepherds play on,the Horses will stand still, andweep for joy. Euripides faith, that Shepherds provoke Mares to take Horie, by play-ing on a Pipe; and the Horses are so provoked to back the Mares.

Stags and Bores are taken with a Pipe.

is a common faying among the Tyrtheni. that Bores and Stags are taken most withthem by Mustek: which so comes to pass. Nets being pitch d, and all things madeready for to ensnare them, a man that can play well on the Flute, goes through dales•nd hills,and wood*, and plays as he goes, neer their haunts: they listen exceeding-ly after it, and are easily taken by it : for they are so ravished, that they for^twhere they are. And thus. by delight they fall into the snare, and are taken. eÆ-lian.

The Pastin ica is taken by dancing and (JMufick,

When the Fisherman fces thePastinaca, or Ray, swimming, he leaps ridiculously in

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