90 FISH. 



in turbot fishing, from its living for a long time 

 on the hook, and by its struggles to get free show- 

 ing itself to the fish when on the feed. 



THE COMMON SEA BREAM. 



Pagellus centrodontus. 

 Sparus 



This fish is common in the Mediterranean, and 

 is constantly caught on the French and English 

 coasts of the English Channel, but particularly on 

 the coasts of Sussex, Devon, and Cornwall. The 

 young fish are known by the name of chads, and 

 afford an abundance of sport during the summer 

 and autumn evenings on the Devonshire coast to 

 the inhabitants, who look forward to their appear- 

 ance, and go out in boats in large parties to fish 

 for them ; the most successful bait is the pilchard 

 entrails, which, when fishing for chad, are put into 

 a small bag or an old stocking, and let down two 

 or three fathoms in the water, to attract them, 



