170 THE ANGLER S GUIDE. 



Eel Pout, or Burbot. 



This Fish partakes much of the Eel, being without 

 scales, burying itself among loose sands, weeds, &c. 

 They are numerous as far as the tide flows up the 

 Severn, Trent, and the Mersey rivers, where they are 

 caught with a hook tied to gimp, and baited with 

 worms, Minnows, small Gudgeons, kc; they are con- 

 sidered sweet nutritious food -, in length the sizes vary 

 from twelve to upwards of twenty inches. 



Surmullet. 



The Surmullet is a scarce Fish in this country : I 

 have caught some when fishing from the wharfs and 

 quays at Plymouth harbour w ith an angle rod and line, 

 same as described fishing for Whiting, &c. only using 

 a smaller hook, a No. 8, tied to twisted gut, baited | ] 

 with lob-worms, pieces of fresh Salmon, Shrimps, or 

 shell-fish : they are a singularly marked Fish, having 

 the appearance of a painted artificial Fish 3 some are 

 of a dark blue and white, others of faded yellow hue 3 

 some are mottled about the Ijack, fins, &c. with a 

 bright scarlet and yellow, almost as gaudy as the plu-^J 

 mage of a paroquet ; in shape, broad and thick towards 

 the head. 



Groupers and Snappers. 



Tliese Fish are'well known at the Havannah and Ja- 

 maica, where they are angled for with line and hook. 

 In Jamaica, parties go in boats from Kingston and 



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