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covered by the bait ; for the mullet is both cunning and 

 strong. 



You may likewise take them with very small Hood- 

 worms, or gentles, when the water is a little coloured ; 

 being careful that your gut is tinted in a suitable man- 

 ner, and keeping your bait near the bottom. They never., - 

 I believe, exceed two pounds and a half weight. 



No fish requires more care, in regard to concealment, 

 than the mullet 3 so much so, that when they are sur- 

 rounded by die net, in places where they abound, if a 

 man, or a dog, &c. approaches, they will all leap over j 

 whereas, when properly managed, they submit with re- 

 markable resignation. 



Mullets are fond of sandy shallows, in which they grub 

 and leave their marks : they visit the coasts in summer, 

 and are then in, high season 3 their flesh is remarkably 

 fine. 



I speak, however, with deference to a modern author, 

 who says, " it is not so delicious as the ancient Roman 

 mullet, which appears to have been a different species.'* 



This seems, to me, to be rather a bold assertion ; for I 

 do not think it a very easy matter to determine so intri- 

 cate a question- as, in spite of the antiquity alluded to, is 

 peremptorily decided by the above fiat. I leave the 

 reader to make his reflections on the value of a publica- 

 tion, in which this mode of examination or of descrip- 

 tion, forms a very prominent characteristic. But, peace 

 be to the Doctor's ashes ! 



The mullet is rarely found with roe 3 but when so, 

 looks extremely heavy and dull : this generally is the case 

 about the latter end of sun mer, or perhaps as late as the 

 end of August 3 after which, mullets become very scarce. 



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