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ANECDOTES OF FISHES 



RUFFE, OR POPE. 



The Ruffe is common to almost all the rivers 

 and canals of England ; particularly the Thames, 

 the Isis, and the Cam, also the Yare, have it in 

 abundance, and though said to be unknown in 

 Spain, it is found over the colder portion of the 

 European continent, preferring slow, shaded 

 streams, and gravelly bottoms. In its habits the 

 ruffe resembles the perch, and feeds like that fish, 

 it seldom resists a small red worm ; when you have 

 a bite strike directly. It is five or six inches long, 

 and its flesh is said to be excellent ; it must be 

 dressed in the same manner as the perch. 



YarrelVs British Fishes. 



