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("AIM* risilING. 



Tins, I confess, I rcfijurd us wry iiiiserablo sport ; lor tlioufjli 

 the fish is shy and wary, the dilliculty in takiiiir liiiii arises only 

 from his timidity and nnwilliniiucss to hite, and he is as h\zy 

 when hooked us he is sU)\v to biti". 



His proper haunts are deep, staj^uant, slow-fh)\vin}; streams, 

 or ponds with muddy bottoms; and he lies under weeds, and 

 among the stcujs and Mat leaves of water-lilies, tlafrs, and 

 marsh-}; rasses. 



Not indigenous to this country, he has been naturalised in 

 the waters of the Hudson, where he is, for the present, protected 

 by severe legislative enactments. 



He will doubtless, ere long, become very plentiful ; and as he 

 is a rich tish when cooked secundum artvin, and by many 

 esteemed a great delicacy, lie is likely enou^'h to beeume a 

 favourite with the angler. 



Ilotland thus describes the method of baiting the ground and 

 tiMhing for Carp in England, and his directions are the best I 

 have seen ; they may be followed with implicit confidence : 



'* In rivers, the Carp prefer those parts where the current is 

 not too strong, and where the bottom is marly, or muddy ; and 

 in lakes or ponds arc to he found near beds of water-lilies, and 



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