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spots ; the belly white. It inhabits stony rivulets, where it seeks 

 to escape the attacks of its foes by secreting itself amongst the 

 loose gravelly pebbles. They usually spawn in summer. 



When no danger is at hand they may often be seen sun- 

 ning themselves in the shallows, when a small red worm dropped 

 in just before them is rarely rejected ; and thus these little 

 fishes often afford amusement to juvenile anglers, who by means of 

 a worm stuck on a crooked pin fastened to a piece of thread 

 attached to a willow wand, are enabled to indulge in the pleasures 

 of angling to " a certain extent," as a west country friend of mine 

 so aptly and often qualifies his expressions by observing, and would 

 doubtless do so now, had he like myself, the task of commenting 

 on the pleasures of angling for tommy loggies. 



And now I take my final leave, trusting that the foregoing pages 

 may not have proved tedious or been found totally devoid of in- 

 terest ; and as I bid my readers farewell, I wish, like honest Izaak 

 Walton, that the blessing of St. Peter's Master may rest upon 

 them now, and remain with them throughout eternity. 



FINIS. 



T. W, Maddox, Printer, Launceston. 



