CHAP. V. 



BARBEL. 



- With hurried steps 



The anxious angler paces on, nor looks aside, 

 Lest some brother of the angle, ere he arrives, 

 Possess his favourite swim.* 



THE Barbel only breed and thrive in rivers. 

 In the Thames and part of the river Lea there 

 are many, very fine and large: they are a 

 handsome fish, but their flesh is coarse, and 

 therefore considered but of little value for the 



* The partiality for a particular swim, hole, or eddy, in 

 a river, is very great among anglers ; many will travel during 

 the night to arrive first at a favourite place. I knew an angler 



