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are a very handsome fish, though not much 

 prized for the table. Under all these circum- 

 stances, therefore, we suppose that chub must 

 be honoured with a stave. 



THE CHUB. 



Wily chub likes a deep shaded hole, 

 And will sometimes there rise at a fly ; 

 Or will now and then snap at the troll, 

 If it happen to pass him close by. 



He is handsome, and looks very bold ; 

 But is false like a number of men ; 

 He will feed in the heat and the cold, 

 But 'twill only be just now and then. 



When he's hook'd, he will fly like a dart, 

 And it matters not much to him where ; 

 But your tackle he'll then often part, 

 If you use not your skill and your care. 



Yet after that rush he has made, 

 He'll resign himself up to his fate ; 

 And you need not to land be afraid 

 Though he be of considerable weight. 



In the Spring, for them scarlet paste make ; 

 In the Summer, use any good fly ; 

 In the Autumn, they'll graves often take ; 

 In the Winter, with brains you should try. 



They'll, in fact, take almost any bait, 

 But 'tis only just when they're inclined, 

 And you'll oft have a long time to wait, 

 Ere they'll be of a feedable mind. 



