AND OF STILL WATERS. 6$ 



price in country towns. The old French 

 proverb, " Qui a breme peut bramer ses amis," 

 which Izaak Walton translates, " He that 

 hath breams in his pond is able to bid his 

 friend welcome," proves that in France a 

 bream, like good wine, " needs no bush." 



But though opinions may differ in our 

 enlightened land as to a bream's toothsome- 

 ness, all authorities agree as to his merits as 

 a "sporting" fish. His deep sides give him 

 immense advantages in offering resistance. 

 Mr. Manley says of him that "he makes 

 bold, strong, determined rushes when first 

 hooked, and a young angler with anything 

 like fine tackle will have his nerve and skill 

 well tested in landing a four-pounder. He 

 is a shy and timid fish, and almost as crafty 

 as an old carp, while of all fish he is, 

 perhaps, the most light and delicate in his 

 biting ; and the larger he is, the more 

 tenderly does he seem to take the bait." 

 Bream are also as sensitive to vibrations of 

 sound as their cousins the carp, and Mr. 

 Manley therefore advises all bream-anglers to 



