124 ANGLING. 



food and habits, frequents both the still and rapid 

 parts of rivers, but has not yet been seen in ponds. 

 It is angled for with artificial flies, at which, ac- 

 cording to Mr. Bainbridge, it rises freely, and 

 affords excellent sport. When " on the rise," a 

 pannier may be filled in no great length of time. 

 The graining is better eating than the dace, but it 

 is also a smallish fish, seldom exceeding half-a- 

 pound in weight. It is believed to exist in 

 Switzerland. 



THE CHUB, OB SKELLY.* 



This fish occurs in England, Wales, and the south 

 of Scotland. It is sometimes called shelly in Cum- 

 berland (although the species usually so designated 

 in that country is in truth the guyniad), by reason, 

 it is said, of the great size of the scales. It is a 

 shy and timid species, frequenting deep water in 

 the quiet parts of streams, or screening itself from 

 sight by keeping beneath some overhanging bush 

 or tree. It feeds on worms and insects, especially 

 cock-chafers, which, according to Mr. Jesse, are 



* Leticisctis cephaliiSj Flem. Yar. Cyprinus cephalus, Linn. 



