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not unfrequently known as the " red roach," although 

 it belongs to quite another genus, of which the 

 common carp, and the introduced " gold-fish " are 

 well known examples. On a hot summer's day you 

 will always get this fish, if it be present, by dropping 

 your baited line close to the dense patches of aquatic 

 Fig. 7. 



plants which cover the surface of the water, and 

 under which the rudd is shading itself in a lazy 

 fashion. If there be one near, you will not be long 

 in a state of suspense, for the rudd will pounce on 

 your worm, and dart away with it to its retreat at 

 once, ignorant of the hook and line attached. " Bob " 

 goes the float, and, if you are not looking 1 , your line 



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