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NATURAL HISTORY. 



GOBIO. (Lat. a Gudgeon.} 



ABF.AMIS. (Gr. 'Appaftic, a Bream.) 



Fluviatilis (Lat. of the river), the Gudgeon. 



Brama (Lat.), the Bream. 



Medway and Trent, and the lakes of Cumberland and West- 

 moreland. It is also found in the lakes of Ireland. 



The breadth of the Bream is greater in proportion to its 

 length than that of most fishes. It affords excellent sport to 

 the angler, biting readily and resisting vigorously when hooked. 

 The most approved method of catching these fish is by prepar- 

 ing the spot Avith ground bait for a day or two previous ; the 

 Bream then assemble in numbers and bite freely at a bait. In 

 Ireland the Bream taken were accustomed to be given to the 

 poor, who split and salted them for winter provision. 



Its length rarely exceeds ten or twelve inches, nor is it of 

 any value for the table. 



THE TENCH. 



The habits of the TENCH are not unlike those of the carp, 

 excepting that it seems even more sluggish than that fish, 

 tt especially delights in muddy banks of ponds, where the 



