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NOTB XI. 



THE BARBEL. 

 (Cyprinus Barbatus, or Barbus Vulgaris) 



" The Barbel, than which fish a braver doth not swim.'' 



Michael Deatton. 



" And the whisker d Barbel fays 

 Sis coarser bulk to swell your praise.'' 



Translation of " Latin Ode to Walton." 



" Large yellow Barbel at the bottom lie'' 



Odelet to Walton. 



" And some with upper lip thrust out 

 Like that fish for routing — a Barbel" — Flood. 



Thames Anglers, whose name is Legion, comprising all 

 sorts and conditions of men, generally divide themselves 

 into classes, each as a rule pursuing and mainly confining 

 itself to some particular fish. There is your trout-spinner, 

 who despises all who seek less nobler game than the 

 Sabno fario of the metropolitan river, and who looks even 

 on the angler who would capture one of these speckled 



