82 BRITISH SPORTING FISHES. 
half-blown. One was longer than the rest; and 
as often as a straggler came in sight he quitted 
his post to pursue him, and having driven him 
away returned to it again, no other minnow 
offering to take it in his absence, This he 
repeated several times. The object that attracted 
them all was a dead minnow, which they seemed 
to be devouring, 
