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said, are not very exact in putting nothing but L/uirrs into 

 the pots : if report be true, they mix up many a good 

 truuff and, now and then, a bit of salmon. 



From the great quantity of what is called " potted 

 charr" consumed by epicures, &c. I am rather disposed 

 to believe that the above opinion is not unjust -, for I do 

 not think such a quantity, of cham-only, could be collected 

 in any one season ; they be;ng a very scarce commodity, 

 even in some of their own waters. This kind of deception 

 prrvades many matters 5 thus, we see more Madeira 

 -trine annually imported, than that island could furnish 

 in ten or twelve years. 



Of the Gudgeon. 



Of all the fishes to be found in our rivers, none, I be- 

 lieve, is so much persecuted as this little delicious one : 

 it is not only taken by the hook for the purpose of being 

 served up at table, but is caught in hullies, hells, &c. 

 with the intention of baiting jack-hooks, &c. 



The gudgeon is remarkably fond of gravelly, or slightly 

 muddy situations ; and propagates remarkably fast on 

 <. halk soils. It is properly a river fish, but is occasionally 

 found in ponds supplied by ample drains, &c. in which 

 there is a constant flow of water. Gudgeons seldom take 

 but on, or very near to, the bottom, and then will bite 

 at almost any insect, but prefer small llood-ivorms, 

 gentles, cadlates, and gruh. 



If you mean to set in seriously for gudgeon -fishing, 

 your best way is, to fix a punt across that part of a clear 

 gentle stream \vhere the bottom is of fine gravel, and 

 tolerably level, also free from weeds. Plumb the depth, 

 and set your quill-float to such a length, as may cause 



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