SO BOTTOM OR FLOAT-FISHING. 



There are three other species belonging to the 

 szmzgemts as the Roach, viz. the " Double Roach," 

 the "Graining," and the "Azurine," or Blue Roach. 

 These species, however, are either confined to a few 

 particular localities, or are so rarely met with as to 

 pertain rather to the department of the ichthyolo- 

 gist than that of the fisherman. An account of 

 their habits and characteristics will be found in the 

 " Angler-Naturalist."* 



DACE AND CHUB. 



THE bodies of both the Dace and Chub are more 

 cylindrical, or elongated, than those of either the 

 Roach or Rudd, and even without the difference of 

 colouring this characteristic will probably prevent 

 any difficulty arising in their identification. It is 

 not so as regards Dace and Chub inter se, for these 

 species, especially in their earlier growth, so closely 

 assimilate in external appearance as to be con- 

 stantly confounded. I have now in my mind's eye 

 a tableau which I once witnessed : an enthusiastic 

 young angler and ichthyologist sitting near the 



* " The Angler-Naturalist : a Complete History of British 

 Freshwater Fish." Routledge and Co. 



