120 ANECDOTES OF FISHES 



attracted by the ground-bait. Roach are to be 

 found in clear, swift streams ; they principally de- 

 light in deep holes, particularly where there are 

 gravelly bottoms. Here, more especially, they are 

 taken of a large size, at the end of a swim ; some- 

 times, also, with graves, and worms, paste made of 

 bean-meal, rabbit's-flic, bees-wax, and sheep suet 

 beat well in a mortar, with a little clarified honey 

 tempered before the fire, and stained with cherries, 

 if in season, or vermillion, or with globules of 

 paste made with new bread and sugar ; perhaps 

 the latter may be as tempting a bait as the former, 

 and easier made. The ground -bait should be 

 graves, bread and bran mixed with clay. They 

 occasionally afford sport with a common house- 

 fly ; very fine roach are to be caught in Dagenkam 

 Breach. Editor. 



Mr. Pennant asserts that a roach was caught, 

 and brought to market, which weighed five 

 pounds. 



Walton says, the largest roach are found in the 

 Thames, generally weighing about two pounds. 



Angling in Hampton Deep, upwards of one 

 hundred dozen of fine roach were caught in one 

 day in the above Deep, several weighed one 

 pound and a half each. The oldest fisherman does 



