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BOTTOM-FISHING. 



THE POPE, OR RUFF. 



TH E Pope is of the Perch species : they are 

 seldom met with near London, but are numerous 

 in the Cam, near Cambridge. Fish with No. 9 

 hook, and bait with red worms ; ground bait 

 with a little gravel thrown in occasionally : 

 they bite very freely and afford the young 

 Angler much amusement. They seldom grow 

 longer than seven inches ; and delight in quick 

 gravelly eddies, or about wharfings. 



