74 ART OP ANGLING. 



mix their roe and milt, and thus produce mules, or 

 mongrel breeds ; these mules partake of the nature 

 of both fish, and grow to a good size, but some parts 

 of their bodies are covered with the small slimy 

 scales of the Tench, while some other parts have the 

 larger scales of a Carp: their flesh approaches 

 nearer to that of a Tench, and they are likewise of a 

 less tender nature than the common Carp. 



