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ten pounds, the bait used was graves ; the late 

 Mr. Harriot, a celebrated barbel fisher, was in the 

 same boat, and used lob-worms, but did not hook 

 a fish. 



Leeches dried are a good bait for barbel, and 

 on immersion in the water, they are sufficiently 

 restored to their natural appearance to be used 

 with success. Some authors assert that barbel 

 have been caught, from six to twelve feet long. 



Dr. Block. 



A barbel angler has, however, occasion to exult 

 at the sport which he finds. August 9, 1807, at 

 one of the deeps near Shepperton, which had been 

 prepared by baiting over night, a party of four 

 gentlemen, named Ernes, Atkinson, Hall, and 

 Moore, separated into two boats, and began fish- 

 ing between ten and eleven o'clock. In about five 

 hours they caught the following quantity : 



Ernes and Atkinson. Hall and Moore. 



2 fish weighing 20 Ibs. 2 fish weighing 15 Ibs. 



6 32 20 23 



30 28 23 32 



4 thrown over 



42 80 45 70 



Total 87 fish weighing 150 ibs. 



Pickering's Edition of Walton. 



