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alarmed) are much like the Perch 5 the tail and tail- 

 end of the body is shaped and spotted or waved 

 exactly like a Gudgeon. — Note, in baiting a hook 

 for Pope or RufF, take pains to carry the worm well 

 up the hook and shank, that but little of the tail may 

 hang loose, or it will be nibbled off. — See fishing for 

 Gudgeon. 



The Bull-Head, or Millers Thumb. 



This is a most singular-formed Fish, of the Gud- 

 geon species, and apparently without scales, they 

 being very small, and are different from any other 

 fresh-water Fish I am acquainted with : the head 

 is very large and flat, resembling a toad, the mouth 

 very wide, the eye large and projecting, the body and 

 tail are of a dusky brown colour, and waved or spotted 

 like a Gudgeon ; they seldom exceed five or six 

 inches in length : they delight to lie on stones at 

 the bottom of shallow rivers, in hot weather, where 

 you may catch them with a small piece of red worm 

 put on a little hook, with a shot to sink the bait, 

 which they will very readily take, without betraying 

 any fear ; therefore, any short line and rod does for 





