THE RU J), Sjf. 7 I 



dressijii^- large iocil-Ii and dace, wliicli it is said, 

 renders iliem a very plccts^int and savcniry food ; 

 it is as Follows: without scaling the fish, lay liiai 

 on a gridiron, over a slow lire, a^id strew a iittie 

 iioni Oil him ; when he begins to grow brown 

 make a slit, not more than skin dee[>, in his 

 back, iVom head to tail, atid lay him on again ; 

 when he is broiled enough, the skin, scales anct 

 all, will peal off and leave the flesh, winch vviil 

 be by that time very firm and perfectly clean; 

 open the belly, take out the inside, and use an- 

 chovy and butter for sauce. 



, licd-pasle is an exceiient bait colore<i with ver- 

 miiion or red-lead, as i have beldre laid down, 

 but it is best to take with you ginitles, whitc-pas/e, 

 and iheir other baits, as they are very foiul of 

 change, and will refuse one minute what they 

 will take the next. Their hooks No. 11 or 12. 



ORFUS GEIlMANORLm, 



The Rud.^ OervCy or Nersfniu^.; I thitik i:; the 

 b(ista7'd-j'uac/i wluch old V^^alton speaks of ; they 

 are found chiefiy in the channel, near Oxford^ 

 in the fens, near llolderiiess. It a|)pcars to be 

 the same fish with the shallow of the Cam. 



The rad, a kind of roach, all tinged with gold, 



Stv^ng, broad, and thick most love!}' ^o behold, 



High on tlie sm liice will widi freedom bite 



-At sniaiired-vvornjs, or llicb, [\i» hkc«.lelii;ht; 



But angler, when you've hooked hiui,ifw>ii take care, 



lie stnujj^les lung, and breaks the siuiie hair. 



Moses Browne. 



LECCISSUSf 



The Dace or Dare; this fish, and the roach, 

 arc much of the same kind, therefore ilie direc- 



