Some village lamp he deems th' illusive fire, And stumbles in the glebe, or wades through mire. I've still two tedious miles to labour o'er, Ere watchful Susan ope the welcome door. CANTO VI. ANGLING FOR CARP. Time, Day-break in the beginning of July.-Rural Occupations.-Carp, how to be kept.-And Hints for stocking Ponds with the Roes dried and preserved.-Music, its Charms to dispel Care and lighten Toil.-Poets extinct in the present Age.-The Mode and Season of Angling for Carp.-Their Subtilty.-Their Fate, that which Rogues of every Description richly deserve.-Man's Invention overcomes all Obstacles.-Whale-hunting in the North.-On the proper Employment of TIME and Preparation for ETERNITY. Now Summer deeper dyes the various scene, (a) The CARP is the most valuable of all kinds of fish for stocking ponds. It is quick in growth, and spawns three times a year, so that its increase is great. The female does not breed till eight or nine years of age; so that in breeding ponds a supply must be kept of that age. In F |