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NOTE XII. 



THE BEEAM. 

 (Cyprinus Brama, Abramis JBrama, or Abramis Vulgaris.) 



" The broad-side Bream," — Pbancis Quaeles. 



" The treacherous quill in this slow stream 

 Betrays the hunger of a Bream." — Ode to Walton. 



The Bream, or, as the Thames puntsmen call him, " the 

 brim," is another distinguished member of the Cyprinidce 

 family. 



I find the word in several languages, br being the 

 distinguishing letters. Thus, the Old High German 

 brahsema, the Dutch braasem, and the French breme ; 

 but where the br originally came from, or why the genus 

 was called brama, I cannot make out. 



There are three kinds of bream found in Europe — the 

 first, the Pomeranian Bream, or Abramis buggenhagii — a 

 very scarce fish in our waters, as it deserves to be with 

 snch a horrid name attached to it ; the second the common, 

 or Carp-Bream (sometimes called the Golden Bream), 

 Abramis brama; and the third the White Bream, or 

 Bream-flat, Abramis blicra. The two latter are scattered 



