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fascination for Mr. Bagnall. In his lines on the 

 bream he says : 



" Broad to the view, and long, ye t fiat and thin, 

 With, foul exterior, and with dorsal fin? 



Does- Mr. Bagnall, by his last line, mean to 

 imply that the barbel is singular in the possession 

 of this appendage ? It would certainly appear so. 

 In speaking of the pike (which, by the way, he re- 

 presents as " alleviating the cravings of hunger by 

 disposing of the flags, reeds, and rushes which com- 

 pose his lair ! ") he states that 



" His cruel eye surveys and spared not ; " 



but in the next page he describes him as possessing 

 " a beautiful eye, more approaching the human than 

 that of any other fish." 



To speak Bagnallally, however, we surveys, but 

 cannot spareth any more space for these little pecu- 

 liarities, as we think we have said enough to give our 

 readers a fair general idea of the Piscatorial Eambles. 

 Had we a parting suggestion to make, it would be, 

 that, out of consideration for the other authors who 

 have dealt in angling rambles, Mr. Bagnall should 

 select an early opportunity of changing the name 

 of his book. He might rechristen it, perhaps, Be,- 

 hoggled Bagnall? or " The, Pothunter's Vade Mccum; " 

 or if neither of these titles was considered sufficiently 

 descriptive, we would make him very welcome to the 



