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you will find perhaps thiriy or forty of them 

 basking themselves on the surface of the water; 

 then take your rod, wliich must be very strong 

 and long, your line the same, but about a yard 

 in length: and bait the hook with a grasshopper : 

 you must shelter 3'ouiself behind some bush or 

 stump of a tree, so as not to be seen; for the 

 chub is very timorous, and the least shadow will 

 make him sink to the bottom, though he will 

 soon rise again. Having therefore fixed your 

 eye upon the largest and best, drop your bait 

 with great caution before him, and he will in- 

 stantly take it, and be held fast; for he is a leather- 

 mouthed fish, and seldom breaks hold if played 

 properly. 



N. B. In dibbing, where you cannot get a 

 grasshopper, any Jij/, beetle, or moth, will equally 

 answer the purpose. 



When you are roving for perch with a minnow 

 you will often take large chub. 



The fearful chevin loves the shaded stream; 

 Sharp rills deWght the truut, and pools the bream-. 

 Ill deeps, the speckled samlet loves to rove, 

 And marly swifts, allure the barbel drgve ; 

 Unwary roach, the sandy bottom chuse. 

 And cdrp the weeds, and e^ls the muddy ooze. 



Moses Browne, 



BARBUSf 



The Barbel ; so called on account of the barb, 

 or beard, that is under his nose or chops, is a lea- 

 ther-mouthed fish ; and though he seldom breaks 

 kis hold when hooked, yet if he proves a large 

 one, he often breaks both rod and line. The 

 male is esteemed mucli better than the female, 



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