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water; and if among weeds, use neither lead nor 

 float. Rudd produce ninety-one thousand ova ; 

 and are, found of two pounds weight. Some 

 very fine rudd may be caught at Dagenham 

 Breach. In 1796, at Kempton Hoo, near Wel- 

 wyn, Hertfordshire, a rudd was caught with a 

 minnow, which is extraordinary, from the situation 

 of teeth in the throat, which property belongs only 

 to fish of prey. 



BREAM. 



This fish is well known in England, but is not 

 held in such high estimation as on the continent, 

 where it attains a very large size, and where its 

 flesh is of a more delicate flavour. In this coun- 

 try bream delight and thrive most in ponds which 

 receive the drains of the farm-yard. They yield 

 good diversion to the angler. The tackle must 

 always be strong, and the baits must be the same 

 as for carp and tench. Breams are very prolific 

 in one taken, one hundred and thirty thousand 

 ova were found. Dagenham Breach is celebrated 

 for large bream . Three gentlemen of my acquaint- 



