38 OBSERVATIONS 



fasten the head with the small hook by run- 

 ning it through the middle of the bottom '' 

 jaw, and out at the top of the upper jaw. 

 The recommendation of this mode, is the 

 readinefs of baiting the minnow, though the 

 other is more certain of hooking the fish. 



Perch are also caught in streams, by go- 

 ing in and stirring up the sand and gravel 

 with your feet, in the way directed for gud- 

 geons, using a small cork float, and baiting 

 \vith red worms. There are few baits 

 perch refuse. 



CARP. 



Though very few of these fish are caught 

 an the Trent, yet as many ponds in the 

 county of Nottingham are stocked with 

 them, it may not be improper to give some 

 instructions for taking carp by angling, as 

 they constitute one of the principal dishes at 

 genteel tables : though it is universally 

 believed that the encomium bestowed upon 

 them by epicures, is more owing to the 



