LETTER X 



Big Chub : feeding them at tea-time Roach : their manner of 

 feeding Predatory Fish Perch Jack Spiders Harvest- 

 men Rose Spiders Earwig on Spider's web Numbers of 

 webs in gardens Cobwebs useful to birds in nest-building. 



1886. 



DEAR MARCO Our big chub have re- 

 turned to their haunt by the side of the 

 boat-house. I count about seven of them, 

 mostly eighteen inches long. They seem 

 to know quite well the time we have our 

 tea in the little room in the boat - house ; 

 as we usually feed them with bread, they 

 have 'become very tame and bold. It 

 affords us much amusement to watch them 

 feed ; the pieces of bread have to be too 

 large for any of the swarm of smaller fish, 

 amongst which the large chub dash in and 

 carry off their prize with a swirl and flourish 



