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It is generally supposed that the Rudd is bred 

 between the Bream and Roach. Roach, Rudd, and | 

 Bream are certainly very much alike : the Rudd 

 spawn about April, and thrive in ponds, or still wa- 

 ters, with gravelly bottoms, but get poor, and full 

 of green insects, in filthy or muddy ponds. The 

 rivers Thames and Lea have Rudd, but not in great 

 numbers 5 they abound in Dagenham Breach, and 

 in the ponds in Wanstead Park. 



Remarks on Rudd. 



I have no doubt that the Fish called a Rudd is 

 a true Roach, but a little altered in shape, &c., by 

 being put into ponds not congenial to their habits 1 

 and nature ; for I have known ponds stocked with 

 Roach from rivers, and, in a few years, none were to 

 be found but numerous Rudd. Previous to the 

 Roach being put into the same pond, a Rudd was 

 never seen, neither were there any Bream. This 

 fact I have witnessed many times, particularly dur- 

 ing the twenty years I have angled in the ponds in 

 Tilney Park, Wanstead ; I have also caught Roach 

 in rivers, when out of season, and when in a sickly 

 state, extremely like the pond-Rudd, which makes 

 me conclude, that they are really Roach, though de- 

 generated. 



