4 OBSERVATIONS 



a rocky or gravelly bottom. An attempt has been 

 made in the annexed plan to point out his favourite 

 haunts, &c. in such waters. They are the tail of a 

 stream, (i. e.) the end of a little rapid, or swifter 

 running portion of the current, as A, the junction 

 of little rapids formed by water passing round an 

 obstruction in the midst of the general current, as 

 B, and such tracts as C, where a chain of bubbles 

 or little floating objects indicate the course of the 

 principal current ; which course is chiefly depen- 

 dent upon various reflections of the water, from 

 projecting banks, rocks, scours, and shoals, and 

 may often be guessed at, when not sufficiently 

 visible, by attending to the position of the banks, 

 &c. At roots of trees, or in other places where 

 the froth (called in Staffordshire Beggar's Balm) 

 collects, and in little whirlpools, as G, and eddies 

 he will often be found. All such places are by 

 far the most favourable for sport ; for insects 

 follow the same course as the bubbles, &c. and 

 are sought there by the fish. 



The larger Trout are on the scours, as at D, in 

 the night, chasing minnows and other small fish. 

 In the day, they are cautiously watching for food 

 in deep holes, under hollow banks, or roots of 

 trees, or in the angles of rocks, as E. In May and 

 June, when the fish are strong, they are also to be 

 found in the more rapid parts of the water, as F. 



