250 MODERN PRACTICAL ANGLER. 
must be taken out and the flesh and skin carefully 
removed. 
There is a third species which has been occasionally 
identified by naturalists—the Pomeranian Bream, 
(abramis buggenhagit). I am acquainted however with 
but four spots in which it has been found, and it is so 
rare as to be only of interest to the ichthyologist. In 
shape it is thicker and longer in proportion than the 
other two .species, and has its throat teeth in two rows 
on each side, numbering three and five respectively. 
The common Bream, though a very indifferent fish for 
the table, is well worthy of attention in an angling point 
of view, as where it exists at all it is usually found in 
great numbers, often of a large size, and is a ready 
biter. 
All the baits used for Roach, Perch, or Barbel will 
kill Bream, but by far the best river-bait is the tail of a 
lob-worm used with the Nottingham or ordinary float- 
tackle,—in the case of rivers precisely as described for 
Barbel fishing. The gentle is another good bait. 
The observations on ground baiting for Barbel are 
also equally applicable to Bream. The latter, however, 
is a pond as well asa river fish, which the former is not ; 
and for pond-fishing for Bream some slight modifications 
of baits and tackle are often requisite. Thus, if worms 
are employed the hook should be a size or two smaller, 
say a No. 8; the worm itself, the tail of which is to be 
used, should be also rather slenderer, or a whole worm 
