THE CHUB. 293 



best left to your fisherman, who will in the orthodox 

 manner chew and spit from his mouth the brains for 

 groundbait while you are fishing. By this method the 

 largest takes of chub are had, and the largest fish 

 caught. 



There is more than one English family which has the 

 chub as part of its heraldic devices ; and Mr. Chubb, the 

 world renowned lock and safe maker, and at the same time 

 a most enthusiastic angler, has adopted the fish as his 

 " trade-mark." 



