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little deeper than the other parts around. In 

 any such places, roach and dace are to be 

 taken if the water run pretty briskly. But be 

 sure that you keep out of sight, for the water 

 being in such places not more than two or 

 three feet deep, and, at the seasons to fish, 

 generally very clear, it is of no use whatever 

 trying to get any fish if you are seen, or are 

 moving about the stream you must take your 

 seat and keep it. Sometimes you will see, in 

 the height of the summer, a great number of 

 dace, in an open shallow where there is not 

 a weed near, and where the current is rather 

 strong. We have frequently taken a good 

 number in such places by adopting the fol- 

 lowing plan : We have taken our seat very 

 cautiously, as near to them as we could venture, 

 so as not to drive them off, and judging as 

 well as we could the depth of the water, we 

 have made our line as long as we could possibly 

 use if; having on it a very small float, with 

 only two or three shots, and throwing in our 

 ground-bait just before us, we have let our 

 baited hook swim down the river, as near to 

 the dace as possible, and as sure as it went 

 in among the shoal, so sure we were of a fish. 

 Not many miles from the source of the Lea, 



