THE DACE' AND THE CHUB.^ 



HE Dace, leucisais vulgaris, or common 

 Dace, is the typical fish of the genus 

 lc7iciscus, which contains in addition the 

 Chub, the Roach, the Rudd, the Bleak, 

 the Minnow, and the Graining, the last-named 

 fish being so exceedingly rare as to possess little 

 interest, except from the naturalist's point of view. 

 The Dace on the contrary is constantly met with 

 and from its game qualities when hooked is well 

 worthy of the fisherman's notice. It is a bright 

 graceful fish, glancing about in the clear quiet 

 streams with which the southern counties of Eng- 

 land especially abound, and which are often barren 

 of Trout or Salmon. Moreover it is in full season 

 in October, November, December, and January, 

 when the Trout are spawning or preparing for the 

 process, and thus a red-letter day's sport is often 

 to be obtained, which would otherwise have had 



"^ Lcuciscus vulgaris. Leuciscus, Gr. for Dace ; tlie diminutive 

 of /ciikos, white ; vulgaris, common, Lat. 



- Lcuciscus cephalus. Lcuciscus, a Dace, ccphalc, the head, Gr. 



