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Food Usual weight 'Description. 



fish differ greatly in goodness, according to the 

 rivers in which they are caught. None are good 

 that are kept in ponds. 



Roach feed on aquatic plants and vermes. 

 Their usual weight is from half a pound to two 

 pounds. Some, however, have been known to 

 weigh as much as five pounds. 



The baits used in catching roach are various 

 kinds of worms, flies, and pastes ; a roach will 

 generally attend the fly to the surface, there gaze 

 on it for a moment, and then take it. The time 

 for angling is, in mild cloudy weather, all the 

 day : in hot weather only in the mornings and 

 evenings ; and in cold weather, during the mid- 

 dle of the day. 



THE BREAM. 



THIS well-known fish is broad, with a small 

 head, smooth at the top, large eyes, a small lea- 

 ther mouth, no teeth, but a lozenge-like bone to 

 help its grinding; the palate is soft and fleshy, 

 resembling that of the carp ; it is covered with 

 curious net-work scales, on which it has some- 

 times abundance of minute whitish tubercles ; it 

 has a hog-back, of a colour between blue and 

 black ; the sides of the largest are yellowish, and 

 the belly inclining to red; is extremely deep and 

 thin in proportion to its length ; the tail is very 



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