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ing over it, or stick their heads in the mud while the 

 cast or drag-net passes over them. Carp will thrive 

 well in some rivers, though, many believe, they will 

 only breed in still waters, canals, lakes, and ponds. 

 For it is very unusual to catch a small Carp in rivers j 

 in my own practice, 1 have never taken one so small 

 as six ounces, in a river, although in ponds, canals, and 

 tnarl pits, I have caught hundreds less than four 

 ounces in weight. 



Carp are found in deep holes by or near flood-gates, 

 or shallows, and in and near large beds of weeds and 

 rushes, on which they feed, sucking the juices there- 

 from ; in doing which, they may be heard by the An- 

 gler, from the noise made by the chopping of their 

 lips and jaws. Carp are very tenacious of life, and I 

 have found them live longer in some damp grass or 

 sags, rushes, &c., than any other Fish, after they are 

 removed from their natural element. Eels excepted. 





