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mortar, adding thereto a little butter. 

 Make a paste of Holland cheese and turpen- 

 tine, for tiie winter season, at which time the 

 Chub is in his prime ; for then his forked 

 bones are either lost or converted into gris- 

 tle, and is excellent meat baked or stewed, 

 with rich sauce, in the manner you would 

 dress a Carp. 



There is another method I am told much 

 practised in the Thames, and other w r ide and 

 deep rivers, with a very strong rod or long 

 staff from a tree, and a line about twice the 

 length, they whip with a black snail under 

 the boughs, the boat moving gently down the 

 stream ; the snail must be opened, and will 

 then shew a white inside : in this manner 

 they catch the largest and strongest Chubs, 



THE DACE, OR DARE. 



The Dace is not unlike a Chub, but far 

 less ; his body is whiter and flatter and his 

 tail more forked, he is not so broad as a 



