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require authentication, yet they are in themselves by
no means incredible, and have been current concern-
ing this fish and its congeners, since before the days
of Aristotle, who mentions them, and says that this
fish is called a fisher because of the means by which
it procures its food. Yarrell justly remarks of the
stratagem ascribed to the Lophius, that it is not
more wonderful than that of spiders, which spin and
repair their webs to catch insects, upon which they
subsist.—The genus Lophius belongs to a family
of Acanthopterygious Fishes, called Lophiade or
Lophioids, and by Cuvier, Pectorales Pedunculati,
remarkable for the elongation of the carpal bones,
g0 as to form a sort of wrist, to the extremity of
which the pectoral fin is articulated; so that, by
means of it, these fishes are able to leap suddenly up
in the water to seize prey which they observe above
them ; and some of them can hop about upon sea-
weeds or mud from which the water has retired.
They do not suffer so quickly as most other fishes
from being out of the water, their gill-opening being
very small, and an A. has been often known to
devour flounders or other fish which have been
caught along with it. The bones are much softer
than those of Acanthopterygious Fishes in general.
A'NGLES (Angli), a German tribe of the race of
the Suevi, who seem originally to have occupied the
country lying on the east of the Elbe, between the
mouths of the Saale and the Ohre, and moving
northwards, to have settled in Schleswig, between
the Jutes and the Saxons. Along with the latter
the A. passed over in great numbers to Britain,
during the 5th c., and ultimately established there
the Anglo-Saxon (q. v.) kingdoms of the Heptarchy.
From them England derives its name (Lat. Anglia,
Anglo-Saxon, Engla-land). After these migrations
from Schleswig, the Danes from the north entered
the deserted districts, and mingled with the A.
who remained there. The German language and
manners were afterwards introduced by immigrant
nobles from Holstein, and prevailed among the
higher classes; but to the time of Christian V1., the
Danish was still generally spoken by the common
people. During the present century, the German has
more completely gained the ascendency. The Anglo-
Danes are of a more passive disposition than the
Frieslanders and the people of the Dithmarsch, and
religious sentiment 1s very strongly manifested
among them. The district called Angeln extends
from the Schlei on the south, to the Flensburg Hills
on the north, contains about 330 square miles, and
a population of about 50,000. The name has no
political or administrative signification.
A'NGLESEA, Hexry Writuiam Pacer, Earl
of Uxbridge and Marquis of A., born May 17,
1768, was educated in Oxford, and, as Lord Paget,
entered the army at the beginning of the French
Revolution. From 1793 to 1794 he commanded
a volunteer corps in Flanders, and subsequently
acquired a high reputation as a cavalry officer in the
Peninsular War, especially during the retreat under
General Moore. At the battle of Waterloo, where
he commanded the British cavalry, he lost a leg.
On his return to England, he received a vote of
thanks from parliament, and was made Marquis of
A. Afterwards, he took a part in the administration
under Canning, and in 1828 was appointed lord-
lieutenant of Ireland, at a period when that country
was greatly agitated on the question of its religious
privileges. He at first opposed the emancipation
of the Catholics; but ultimately became convinced
that it was essential to the peace of the country, in
consequence of which he was recalled from Ireland
by Wellington in 1829. He was again appointed to
ANGLES—ANGLING.
the same office under Lord Grey’s administration
in 1831 ; but the perverse policy of the Tories had
involved matters in such perplexity that even the
decisiveness and integrity of his character could not
allay the irritation. O’Connell had now commenced
his ruinous career of agitation, and the marquis was
compelled to resort to severe coercive measures,
which destroyed the popularity he had previously
acquired. His rule in Ireland was not characterised
by any superior statesmanship ; but it ought to be
remembered, to his honour, that he founded the Irish
Board of Education, which has been of immense
service to that nation. In 1833, he was succeeded
by the Marquis of Normanby ; but did not again
take any prominent part in public proceedings till
1846, when he accepted the office of Master-general
of the Ordnance in Lord John Russell’s ministry.
In the same year he was raised to the dignity of
field-marshal. He died on the 29th April 1854.
ANGLESEY, or ANGLESEA (Sax. Angles' Ey,
i. e. “the Englishmen’s island’), an island and county
of Wales, on the north-west coast of that principality,
being separated from the mainland by the Menai
Straib. Its form is that of an irregular triangle, the
base facing the mainland. Its length is about 20
miles; breadth, about 17; coast-line, about 80; area,
173,440 acres. The climate is mild, but foggy, espe-
cially in autumn; the soil, generally a stiff loam,
varying with sandy and peaty earth; the general
aspect of the island, flat and uninteresting, there
being very little wood. The prevailing rock is
mica schist ; limestone ranges traverse the county ;
granite, marble, coal, serpentine, soapstone, are also
found. The island is rich in minerals; the Parys
and Mona copper-mines, near Amlwch, opened in
1768, still give employment to about 1000 workmen.
Lead ore, containing much silver, has also been
found. Agriculture in A. is as yet somewhat
backward. The chief crops are oats, barley, and
potatoes. Cattle are extensively reared. The manu-
factures of the island are inconsiderable. The
communication with the mainland is by means of the
Menai Suspension Bridge, and the great Britannia
Tubular Bridge, over which the Chester and Holy-
head Railway passes. See TUBULAR BRIDGES. A.
was known to the Romans under the name of Mona.
Tt was one of the chief seats of the Druidical power,
which in 61 A.D. was all but destroyed by the
Roman general Suetonius Paulinus. The island was
again subdued by Agricola 76 A.p. Egbert con-
quered it in the 9th c.; but the native princes
afterwards recovered their dominion, establishing
the seat of government at Aberffraw. It was finally
subdued by Edward I. The ancient remains con-
sist chiefly of cromlechs, two of which, side by side,
are in the park of Plas Newydd, the seat of the
Marquis of A. At Holyhead, are the remains of a
Roman camp.
The climate of A. is milder than that of the
maintand of Wales; but in the autumn the air is
frequently filled with noxious mists. The county is
divided into three districts, called caiirefs, each sub-
divided into two cwmwds. The market-towns are
Amlweh (a flourishing little seaport, of 3169 inhabi-
tants), Beaumaris (q.v.), Holyhead (q.v.), Llangefni
(pop. 1362), and Llanerch-y-medd. The first four
of these towns unite in returning one member to the
imperial parliament; the county returns another.
Other small towns in A. are Aberffraw (pop. 1332)
and Newborough. The pop. of the county in 1851
was 57,327 ; the number of day-schools, 47, with
2889 pupils; of Sunday schools, 115, with 11,662
pupils; of places of worship, 160, belonging chiefly
to the Church of England and to the Calvinistic
Methodists.
A'NGLING is the art of alluring and capt;n*ing
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