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CONCERNING SMALL FRY. 
IL. 
QUITE one of the most beautiful of fresh-water 
fishes is the Bleak—a pretty little study in green 
and silver, and whose technical name implies 
“white dace.” It rarely attains to any great 
size, though it may well be designated a “ sporting 
fish.” Although the angler may hardly think it 
worth his while, yet the youthful savages to which 
we have referred sometimes test the sporting 
qualities of the bleak with considerable success. 
Pleasant it is to watch the fish on a summer 
evening rushing at every fly that touches the 
water. Once, and once only, have we had an 
evening with bleak. Staying at a country house, 
we discovered that the fish inhabited a large pond 
in the orchard, and immediately commenced to 
angle for them with the most primitive weapons. 
Nevertheless, within a couple of hours we had 
done such execution, that we had to desist for 
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