APPENDIX XIV. 



HISTORICAL NOTE. 



Dr. Gilbert Sheldon, Warden of All Souls' College, chaplain to 

 King Charles I., and, after the Restoration, Archbishop of Canter- 

 bury. He founded the theatre at Oxford, died in 1677, and lies 

 buried under a stately monument at Croydon, in Surrey. 



PRACTICAL ESSAY. 

 THE BARBEL. 



Barbel fishing is one of the sciences. The fish itself is not 

 widely distributed, and is most common in the Thames and the 

 Trent, where barbel fishing is a specialty. It is a wary fish and 

 difficult to catch, yet worth catching not for its edible qualities, 

 which are low, but for the sport it affords, as it runs in general from 

 two to ten pounds in weight, and is a strong fish. Its haunts are 

 in strong and swift currents, flowing by " campshots," piles, tree- 

 roots, and other strongholds. It spawns in May and June, and 

 from July to October is in best condition. It " roots " along the 



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