PRACTICAL ESSAY. 26$ 



weight, and not by the pound. They grow to a good size, from 

 four to five pounds being not a rare weight to see them of, if not to 

 catch them. In the clear waters of the "pulks," or small pools 

 off the Norfolk rivers, I have seen them of enormous size and in 

 prodigious numbers. They swim in vast shoals, and plenty of 

 ground-bait is advisable : it would be difficult to surfeit so many of 

 them. This fish is covered with a thick nasty slime, and the Nor- 

 folk anglers take a cloth in which to hold them while disengaging 

 the hook. Worms are the best bait, and the hooks should be No. 

 6 or 7. 



Bream spawn in May, and the large ones do not come well 

 on the feed till autumn. All the modes of fishing for carp or 

 barbel will do for the bream. The bait should swim about an inch 

 from the bottom, unless the ledger-bait is used. After the first rush 

 or two the bream gives in, and can be towed into the landing-net. 

 The best bream are found in the brackish water. 



The brandling is said to be an especial favourite with the bream. 



