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delights to abscond in holes, and under the 

 shade of trees, in a sandy bottom, where, 

 cattle come to dung in the fords ; in hot 

 weather they generally swim in droves, and 

 keep to one residence like the Barbie ; in a 

 Chub-hole I have met with many that have 

 weighed from six to eight pounds. They 

 spawn in May, in sandy or gravelly places,, 

 and in the very midst of the stream : they 

 are best in season in the spring, when they 

 are full of spawn. 



Of all fish this is the best to enter a young 

 angler, for it is very easily taken : however 

 let me prescribe some rules for that purpose. 

 You must find out some hole where you can, 

 meet with twenty or thirty of them together, 

 in a hot day, floating almost on the surface 

 of the water ; then bait your hook with a. 

 grasshopper, but be sure to keep out of his 

 sight, for he is a very fearful fish, and there- 

 fore the least shadow will make him sink to 

 the bottom of the water, but he will rise again 

 suddenly : having baited your hook, drop it 

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