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of the GUDGEON. 



THe GHdgeon,ihoxi^h fmaH, is a fifh of fb picafant 

 a tafte, that in ray opinion it is very little infc- 

 riour to the Smelt. I need not defcribc him, he is fo 

 ^ell known. 



I He fpawns three or four times in the Summer fea- 

 fon. His feeding is much like the Barbel's, inlharp 

 Streams and on Gravel, flighting all manner of Flies. 

 iHe is eafily taken with a fmall red Worm, fifhing near 

 the ground. 



This Fifli is Leather- mouthed, and will not eafily 

 be loft off the Hook when ftruck. You may fifh for 

 him with Float, your Hook being on the ground •, or 

 by hand with a running line on the ground, without 

 either Cork or Float. 



Wafps, Gentles, and Cad-baits are good baits for 

 the Gudgeon^ but the fmall Red worm the beft ^ you 

 may fifh for them with two or three hooks at once 

 and find very pleafant fport where they rife any thing 

 large. When you Angle for them, Ilir up the Sand 

 or Gravel with a long'Pole , which will make them 

 gather to that place, and bite fafter and with more 

 eagernefs. 



of the GUINIAD. 



I Cannot fay much of this Fifh, only that it is excel- 

 1 lent food ^ and therefore I fliall conclude mydif- 

 courfe of the Guiniad with a very ftrange obfervati- 

 on \ and that is , This Fifh is not found any where 

 but in a large Water called Pemhle-Mert : but that 

 which is mod remarkable isrhitj. That the" River 



which 



