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head and a large mouth, no teeth, but his lips 

 are like a file, with which he nibbles at the bait. 

 They spawn in April, and are full of spawn most 

 of the summer. Their haunts in summer are 

 chiefly in holes, or amongst stones in clear water; 

 but in winter they lay in the mud like the eel. 

 The worst of anglers may take this fish ; for if 

 you look above the water in a hot day, you may 

 see him sunning himself on a flat stone, put your 

 hook upon it, baited with a small red worm, and 

 he will take it directly. The taste of this fish is 

 very good. Hook, INo. 13. 



THE STICKLEBACK, SHARPLING, OR BA&STICKLE* 



This fish, with three names, as he is called by 

 in different counties, is a small prickly fish, and 

 not worth the angler's notice, in regard to him- 

 self, but that he is an excellent bait for the trout, 

 who will take it sooner than the minnow. His 

 prickles must be broke off, and baited according 

 to the directions given for baiting the minnow, 

 under the description of the trout. 



N. B. The tackle, baits, &c. for this fish, and 

 the foregoing ones, must be- the same, and very 

 fine. 



There are three fishes which I omitted in the 

 first edition, and what anglers in general seldom 

 meet with, because they are local, and peculiar 

 to certain waters; but as they are held i i high 

 estimation where they are taken, I shall describe 

 them for the reader's information. 



ALKULA SALMON I SIMILIS THE GUINNIAD. 



The guinniad, according to Camden and others, 



