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not, and the flesh you. turn off will be fit 

 to eat without any fear of bones. Having 

 eaten one side, turn the fish over, and take 

 off the flesh of the remaining side in the 

 same way. Never let the sauce be poured 

 over your fish, but keep it on the side of 

 your plate, or you will not be able to see the 

 bones, and to dissect them properly. If any 

 be left, save them for breakfast, and you will 

 find them very good cold. 



To conclude, we will only add, let roach 

 be thus caught, kept, cleaned, cooked and 

 eaten, and depend upon it the opinion of 

 many who sneer at them will be quite 

 altered, if they should have the opportunity 

 of partaking of any. And we do think, after 

 all, that it is more rational and proper for 

 anglers to take care of their fish, and have 

 pleasure in partaking of them with their 

 families, than to throw them about and waste 

 them, or, as we have said, give them away to 

 to their friends. There is nothing to be 

 ashamed of, either in angling, or in having 

 the fish, or in eating them. Angling, as 

 hinted, is a healthful recreation, and eating 

 the fish caught is the fruits of it. And 

 we know the wise man says, " The slothful 



