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after warm showers. It is a very rich and 

 delicate fish, in flavour not unlike the eel, and 

 is very nutritious food. It is not common in 

 rivers, only one or two being taken now and 

 then. It always frequents the most muddy 

 places, and is a strong, game fish, when hooked. 



Bream are found more frequently in rivers 

 than carp and tench, but, like them, they are 

 more abundant in docks, ponds, and other 

 still waters. They grow to several pounds' 

 weight, and are very easily killed with a 

 single hair. The directions given for roach 

 will answer for bream in every respect, and 

 therefore we need not give any further instruc- 

 tion respecting them. They are spoken of by 

 many persons in this country as a worthless 

 sort of fish; but it is well known that they 

 are esteemed as quite a delicacy on the con- 

 tinent, and we consider them very good if 

 properly cooked, &c. 



Bleak are a pretty little lively fish, always 

 seen in warm weather, on the top of the water, 

 taking every fly that comes within their reach. 

 They make very good sport for the young 

 angler, as he can catch them with a fly, on 

 the top of the water, or with a gentle, about a 

 foot deep, with a small float and hair line. 



