water, in coldish near the bottom,, and in quite cold 

 weather on the ground. The most pleasant way of 

 taking him is by dibbing, which is thus performed : 

 in a hot summer's day, go to any hole that you 

 know they haunt, and you will find perhaps thirty 

 or forty of them basking themselves on the surface 

 of the water : then take your rod,, which must be 

 very strong and long, your line the same, but about 

 a yard in length, and bait the hook with a grass- 

 hopper. You must shelter yourself behind some 

 bush or stump of a tree, so as not to be seen ; for 

 the chub is very timorous, and the least shadow 

 will make him sink to the bottom, though he will 

 soon rise again : having therefore fixed your eye 

 upon the largest and best, drop your bait with great 

 caution before him, and he will instantly take it, 

 and be held fast ; for he is a leather-mouthed fish, 

 and seldom breaks hold if played properly. 



N. B. In dibbing where you cannot get a grass- 

 Hopper, any fly, beetle, or moth, will equally an- 

 swer the purpose. 



When you are roving for perch with a minnow, 

 you will often take large chub. 



THE BARBEL* 



The barbel, so called on account of the barb or 

 beard that is under his nose or chops, is a leather- 

 mouthed sh ; and though he seldom breaks his 

 hold when hooked, yet if he proves a large one he 

 often breaks both rod and line. The male is es- 

 teemed much better than the female, but neither 

 of them are very extraordinary. They swim in 

 great shoals, and are at the worst in April, at which 

 t ne they spawn, but soon come into season again. 

 Tiie places they chiefly resoit to are such as are 



