APPENDIX XVII. 



GENERAL NOTES. 



1 The rudd is a game little fish, found in great abundance in the 

 " broads " and rivers of Norfolk, where it is called " roud." In 

 Cambridgeshire it is called " shallow." I am inclined to think it 

 is not a hybrid, but a distinct species. It is a brilliantly coloured 

 fish, with scales inclining to a gold colour, belly and gill-covers 

 yellow, eyes and fins bright red. It may be fished for in the same 

 way as the roach. 



Once while yachting on the Norfolk broads, we were lying at 

 anchor close to the shore. About a yard from our bows was a clear 

 pool amid the weeds, about 6 feet in diameter and 3 feet deep. 

 This was literally as full as it could be of small roach and rudd 

 swimming slowly to and fro : the brilliant sunshine lit up the red, 

 and silver, and gold of the little fishes as they hovered over the 

 bright green weed, and the whole made as pretty a sight as I hai 

 ever seen of the kind. 



2 A manchet is a small delicate loaf. 



3 It is an old idea that the nest of the kingfisher is curiousl 

 made of fish-bones interwoven. This, however, is a mistake. Tl 

 kingfisher either makes a hole in some soft bank near the water, 

 adapts a rat-hole, and lays its eggs on the dry earth at the en< 

 which is made larger, like a chamber. The same kingfishers 

 the same nest year after year; and as the voidings and excremei 



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