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a good number of roach; as soon as you catch 

 the first one, dip your bag in the water, soak- 

 ing it through, and then squeezing all the 

 water out of it ; put your fish into it, and put 

 both into the shade, away from sun and wind, 

 either in your basket, the sedges, or any other 

 convenient place ; and as you catch every fish, 

 so put it into the bag, and the bag again into 

 the cool place. By adopting this method your 

 fish will look as handsome eight or ten hours 

 after they are caught as when they first came 

 out of the water. Some persons keep them in 

 a live-net in the water, but it is not a good 

 plan, for the fish pine, and often die in the 

 net, and are completely spoiled. The grand 

 point is to keep them cold and damp. If they 

 dry in the sun or wind, the scales will never 

 come off them, and with them on they are 

 utterly useless. Remember that if you do 

 not value the fish after you have caught them, 

 there are thousands of persons who would. 

 We have very frequently sent a handsome dish 

 to our relations, friends, or neighbours, and 

 they have always been very pleased with them ; 

 but they would not have been if they had not 

 been brought home in a proper condition. 



