POPfc., &C. 



ding more iiian gu Igw i-J 



they are of a different specie* in the Trent than it* 

 the Thames, fyc. #c. ! I 



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The Pope or Ruff'; this fish with a- double 

 .name, is small, and rarely grows Digger than u - 

 gudgeon ; in shape very like the perch, but is 

 better food, being in the taste as pleasant as any 

 fish whatever. 



It is armed with spines like the perch, but 

 has only one back fin. It is of a dirty green, 

 a; most transparent, and spotted with black. It 

 seldom exceeds six inches in length. 



His haunts are in the deepest running parts of a 

 gravelly river, the exact bottom whereof, having 

 found by plumbing, bait your hooks with sma 1 

 red-worms or brandlings; for you may angle with 

 two or three, and have excellent sport. He bites 

 very greedily, and as they swim in shoals, you 

 may catch twenty or thirty at one standing, in 

 a cool, gloomy day. Always bait the ground 

 with earth, and use the same tackle as for the 

 gudgeon. The river Yareni Noifolk, is almost' 

 peculiar for plenty of ruffs. 



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4LBUJINUS, 



The Bleak or Bley; on account of its eager-* 

 ness to catch flies, is called by some the nver- 

 swaltow, and by others the fresh-water sprat, 

 because of its resemblance to the sea-i>prut. He 

 bites very eagerly at all sorts of rvorms, jlies, 

 pastes, and sheep's blood. You may fish for him 

 with six or seven small hooks at a time. He is 

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