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ss'id, are not very exact in putting nothing but ckarrs into 

 the pots : if report be true, they mix up many a good 

 trout, and, now and then, a hit of salmon. 



From the great quantity of what is called " potted 

 chart" consumed by epicures, c. I am rather disposed 

 to believe that the above opinion is not unjust ; for I do 

 not think such a quantity, of ckarrs only, could be collected 

 in any one season j they being a very scarce commodity, 

 even in some of their own waters. This kind of deception 

 pervades many matters j thus, we see more Madeira 

 wine annually imported, than that island could furnish 

 in ten or twelve years. 



Of the Gudgeon. 



Of all the fishes to be found in our rivers, none, I be- 

 lieve, is so much persecuted as this little delicious one : 

 it is not only taken by the hook for the purpose of being 

 served up at table, but is caught in hullies, keils, &c. 

 vith the intention of baiting jack-hooks, &c. 



The gudgeon is remarkably fond of gravelly, or slightly 

 muddy situations j and propagates remarkably fast on 

 < h'alk soils. It is properly a river fish, but is occasionally 

 found in ponds supplied by ample drains, &c. in which 

 there is a constant flow of water. Gudgeons seldom take 

 but on, or very near to, the bottom, and then will bite 

 at almost any insect, but prefer small Hood-worms, 

 gentles, cadlates, and grubs. 



If you mean to set in seriously for g?tdgeon -fishing, 

 your best way is, to fix a punt across that part of a clear 

 gentle stream where the bottom is of fine gravel, and 

 tolerably level, also free from weeds. Plumb the depth, 

 and set yeur quill-float to such a length, as may cause 



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