80 THE DRIFFIELD ANGLER. 



lakes, but delight chiefly in the latter ; for 

 which reason they are never found in swift, 

 rapid streams, but only in such parts of 

 rivers as more resemble standing waters, 

 with muddy bottoms : they swim in herds 

 the same as Perch do. 



The Bream seldom grows to the size of 

 more than five or six pounds ; but I have 

 heard of their being taken of ten pounds 

 weight. They spawn in May, and are in the 

 highest season in March and April ; they 

 naturally feed among slime, weeds, and dirt, 

 but will take any sort of paste, the brood of 

 bees or wasps, flies six inches under water, 

 and cod-baits, but a short well scoured 

 marsh-worm, or a red worm, or two or three 

 well scoured brandlings will prove most 

 successful. They bite best when there is a 

 breeze of wind, and the water is rough ; 

 your bait must be placed within a foot or 

 fifteen inches of the bottom ; the likeliest 

 places to meet with them are the deepest and 

 broadest parts of a river, early in et morn- 



