46 BAITS FOR CHUB. 



for blackbeetles would be a public benefactor. He has 

 large leathery lips and a great mouth. " He bites so 

 eagerly that when he takes the bait, his jaws are some- 

 times heard to chop." 



A capital plan to catch chub, where there are not 

 too many trees, is to cross line for them * that is, one 

 fisherman walks on one side of the river, the other on the 

 other. The lines must be joined together in the middle 

 and the baited hooks suspended therefrom by thin gut, 

 and then dropped gently on the stream. Besides insects, 

 the chub is very fond of old Cheshire cheese, and also 

 the spinal marrow of a sheep or ox, called pith. I have 

 also a strong notion that caviare made into paste would 

 fetch him nicely. Although the chub has no teeth in 

 his mouth, the angler may soon ascertain, by putting 

 his finger well down into a live fish's throat, that he 

 has teeth in his gullet ; these are very pretty objects, 

 they are easily taken out of the fish, and easily cleaned 

 by scraping. 



Chub spawn in April. Little or nothing is known of 

 their mode of spawning, or where the eggs are de- 

 posited, whether they sink or float, whether they 

 are cohesive or not, how long the eggs take to hatch 

 out ; all of which, I trust, some of my readers will 

 kindly elucidate by actual observation. 



CHIMyCRA, KING OF THE HERRINGS, 

 OR RABBIT FISH. 



IIolocephalL Cliimcercedi . 



The Chimaera can certainly not be classed among the 

 " Court Beauties," but should rather sit for a model to 

 artists who desh-e to represent nightmares and other 

 demons of darkness. Its general conformation is not 



