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sixteen; vcntrnl, nine; unal, ulcvtii; iiml cuudal, nineteen. 'I'lii>< 

 little tish is {^egurious, swimming iu shoals, anil fci'iling on 

 worms and herbs. It is ailniirahle as a bait tor Pike, and for 

 the larjjer varieties ot' Pen li and River liass, l)ein^, I think, 

 preferred by tluin to any other tish, as the Parr is by the Sea 

 Salmon, and the iarj^er spceies of Lake and Sea Tnnit. The 

 Chub ami l>aee are also {^ood i'm the ^allu• pnrijox', hut interior 

 to the Roaeh. As sportinir 'i^^h, it would he a loss of time to 

 describe them at length. The Ameriean Chub never exeeeds 

 ten inehes. 



