32 THE DRTFFIELD ANGLER, 



the bullet from slipping lower ; this done, 

 bait your hook with a well scoured marsh- 

 worm, throw it into the shallow and the stream 

 will draw it into the hole ; by this method, 

 on a good day, you may take as many as 

 you please. 



THE RUD, OR RED-EYE. 



This fish is supposed by many to be a 

 spurious breed between the Roach and the 

 Bream, being found in the same ponds and 

 lakes ; and indeed his fin may well warrant 

 such a conjecture : the body is shaped very 

 much like a Bream, but thicker, the back is 

 very round and high like a hog ; the fins are 

 all red, and the whole body of a reddish 

 cast, especially the iris of the eye (from 

 whence he derives his name) which is redder 

 even than that of the Roach, and the scales 

 are larger : when it is scaled the skin looks 

 greenish ; the palate is like that of a Carp. 

 These fish usually measure from ten to twelve 

 inches ; they spawn in May, among the roots 



