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when there is a little wind, generally frbm 

 sun-rise for three or four hours in the morn- 

 ing, and in the evening for some hours before 

 sun-set; but in the month of September I 

 have had great diversion with them for the 

 whole day through. 



THE BARBEL, 



Is a handsome well-shaped fish ; the back 

 is of an olive colour, the belly silver ; it is 

 speckled on the back and sides with small 

 black spots ; his make is long and roundish, 

 and his snout sliarp ; the mouth not large, 

 but the upper jaw is more prominent than the 

 lower; he has four barbs, or wattles, from 

 which he derives his name, two at the cor- 

 ners of his mouth and two near the end of 

 the snout. The Barbel cannot well endure 

 cold, and therefore in the winter-time is sick 

 and languid, but in the summer clean and 

 sound ; the flesh is soft and flabby, and in 

 no great esteem : the spawn is said to be 

 unwholesome ; the male is thought much 



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