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and seldom grows bigger than a Gudgeon ; 

 in shape it is not unlike a Perch, and would 

 be exceeding good food, was it not so very 

 full of bones* 



The Huff* makes most excellent sport for 

 the unexperienced angler, for he is a very 

 greedy biter, and like to be in great shoals 

 together, where the water is deep, smooth, 

 and clear ; if you wish to catch a good quan- 

 tity, bait your ground with earth, and angle 

 for them with a small red worm. 



THE MINNOW. 



The Minnow is so inconsiderable in size, 

 that he would scarce be worthy of discourse, 

 were it not that he serves for excellent baits 

 to take larger and better fish ; and indeed so 

 innumerable is their breed, in almost all 

 rivers, that it is supposed they tend, more 

 than any other part of their food, to assist 

 the growth of other fish ; large quantities of 

 Trout in particular are observed to attend 



