S2 BRITISH SPORTING FISHES. 



half-blown. One was longer than the rest ; and 

 as often as a straggler came in sight he quitted 

 his post to pursue him, and having driven him 

 away returned to it again, no other minnow 

 offering to take it in his absence. This he 

 repeated several times. The object that attracted 

 them all was a dead minnow, which they seemed 

 to be devouring. 



