320 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



and the water moderately shallow, which in a general way is true 

 for the Mole. But there is a great exception in the broader and 

 deeper parts of the river. For about an hour in the afternoon an 

 angler may derive some surprise if he fishes with a line near the 

 surface of some deep hole, say twelve to fourteen feet in depth, such 

 a one as is in my mind at this moment. A number of small fish, 

 Eoach, Chubb, Eudd, and also Gudgeon, may then be caught, and with 

 ease and rapidity, about two feet or less below the surface. The first 

 Gudgeon that I took from this deep hole I thought, to my surprise, 

 must have come from the bottom, but subsequent experience showed 

 me that it must have followed the bait from the surface, and I have 

 tried the experiment of shallow fishing (in the afternoon) many times 

 since, and took Gudgeon among the other fishes. Where the stream 

 is shallow the Gudgeon frequents the bottom in the Mole as else- 

 where, but in the deeper parts it becomes a surface fish towards the 

 afternoon. 



Butterflies eaten by Bream. — I had long wondered whether lepi- 

 dopterous insects could be added to the prey of our freshwater fishes, 

 but during a long angling experience had never been able to make 

 such an observation. On one fine morning at Dorking, and within 

 half a hour of each other, I saw two common white butterflies fall 

 in the river, and at once seized and swallowed by patrolling Bream. — 

 W. L. Distant. 



