THE DRIFFIELD ANGLER. 



CHAPTER VIL 



THE CARP. 



JL HE Carp is allowed by all to be the 

 queen of the lakes and fish-ponds ; its ex- 

 cellence on the table being universally ad- 

 mitted ; the female is somewhat better shaped 

 and larger than the male : they are a subtle 

 fish, and longer lived than any of the fresh 

 water breed, out of their proper element. 



Carp are observed to breed several months 

 in the year, and for this reason you shall 

 hardly ever take either male or female with- 

 out milt or spawn. They breed always 

 better in ponds than in running water ; in 

 the latter very seldom, but where they do 

 breed, their produce is innumerable, 



