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Gudgeons taken in Harper s Brook, near Brig- 

 stock, are eight inches long, and otherwise pro- 

 portionable. 



The compiler of the Sportsman's Cyclopaedia, 

 Mr. Johnson, had some in a pond, which, on an 

 average, were so large as to weigh six to the Ib. 



Mr. Pallas observes that there are black gud- 

 geons to be seen in the rivers of Russia, particu- 

 larly in the Volga and Jaiq, and other rivers con- 

 nected with these. 



ROACH. 



Roach are fishes well known to most anglers ; 

 they require as much attention in the taking as 

 the larger fish ; roach-fishing, however, affords 

 such amusement, that many angle for this fish 

 only. In pursuing this sport the finer your tackle 

 is, the more you are likely to succeed. When 

 barbel are feeding in the same place, it often hap- 

 pens that these lusty gentry clear away lines, baits, 

 and all, from the fisher; they are supposed to be 



