48 THE DRIFFIELD ANGLER. 



may fish for them with paste or gentles, and 

 in spring with worms or cod-bait ; but in very 

 hot weather use small white snails, earth- 

 bobs, and new cheese. 



THE BLEAK, 



Is a very small fish, scarcely ever attain- 

 ing to more than five inches long, his body is 

 beautifully covered with thin silver scales, he 

 is of a more slender make than a Dace, and 

 his head is proportionably less ; he has large 

 eyes, and the lower part of the iris is spotted 

 with red, the inside of his mouth is like that 

 of a Carp, and provided in the same man- 

 ner : they are to be met with in most inland 

 rivers of England in great plenty, and reck- 

 oned to be best in season in autumn, when 

 they are delicious food. They spawn in 

 March, and recover their strength in about 

 a month's time. 



The best baits for them in the cold months 

 are well scoured red worms, or gentles ; and 



