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months are August and September, very- 

 early in the morning, or after sun-set. The 

 lobworm is the best bait for large ones, and 

 the place ought to be baited with them sonic 

 time before you angle. Use a running line, 

 and a plumb as directed for barbel, the hook 

 must be smaller, No. 2 or 3, will be the 

 proper size. 



They afford excellent diversion, being 

 very strong, and from their shape draw a 

 great deal of water. 



White bream are caught by using boiled 

 malt alone, as a ground bait, baiting your 

 hook with gentles or well scoured red worms; 

 and are found in the same places, and fished 

 for exactly in the same manner as directed 

 for roach and dace, observing to fish nearer 

 the bottom. 



In the year, 1787, upwards of eleven 

 hundred weight of carp-bream were caught, 

 by one draught of the seine, a little above 



