Chap. 14. Of the GUDGEO N. 233 



For, if no Heats or Flafhes interpofe. 



His Prize heHi hold^ and yours you cannot lofe, 



CHAP. XV. 

 Of the POPE, or RUFF. 



TH E Pope^ by many called a Ruff, Is not 

 known to be in fome Rivers. He is 

 much like the Perch for his Shape, and taken 

 to be better •, but will not grow to be bigger 

 than a large Gudgeon. He is all over rough, 

 and hath fharp or prickly Fins. His Colour 

 is brown and dufkifh above ; but a pale yel- 

 low underneath. A double Courfe of Circles 

 marks him by the Jaws. There is a Line 

 goes along his Back, faftened as it were to the 

 Body with a Crofs-thread. His Fins, which 

 he ereds when angiy, and Tail, are fpotted 

 with black Spots. No Fifh that fwims is of a 

 pleafanter Tafte j and he is alfo excellent to 

 enter a young Angler, for he is a greedy 

 Biter. - They ufually lie Abundance of them 

 together, in one referved Place, where the Wa- 

 ter is deep, and runs quietly. And an eafy 

 Angler, if he has found where they lie, may 

 catch forty or fifty, or fometimes twice as ma- 

 ny at a Standing. You may even angle with 

 two or three Hooks, and pull up the Hune 

 Number of Fifhes at a Throw. 



You mud fiHi for him with a fmall Red- 

 worm, or a Gentle \ and if you bait the Ground 

 with Earth, it is excellent. Ufe a Float, and 



angle 



