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fascination for Mr. Bagnall. In his lines on the 
bream he says :— 
“ Broad to the view, and long, yet flat and thin, 
With foul exterior, and with dorsal jin.” 
Does Mr. Bagnall, by his last line, mean to 
imply that the barbel is singular in the possession 
of this appendage? It would certainly appear so. 
In speaking of the pike (which, by the way, he re- 
presents as “alleviating the cravings of hunger by 
disposing of the flags, reeds, and rushes which com- 
pose his lair!”) he states that— 
“ His cruel eye surveys and spareth not ;” 
but in the next page he describes him as possessing 
“a beautiful eye, more approaching the human than 
that of any other fish.” 
To speak Bagnallally, however, we surveys, but 
cannot spareth any more space for these little pecu- 
liarities, as we think we have said enough to give our 
readers a fair general idea of the Piscatorial Rambles. 
Had we a parting suggestion to make, it would be, 
that, out of consideration for the other authors who 
have dealt in angling rambles, Mr. Bagnall should 
select an early opportunity of changing the name 
of his book. He might rechristen it, perhaps, Be- 
boggled Bagnall,” or “ The Pothunter’s Vade Mecum ;” 
or if neither of these titles was considered sufficiently 
descriptive, we would make him very welcome to the 
