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source of satisfaction to the angler. The flesh of this and other small 
Cyprinidse is very palatable when fried crisp soon after being taken from 
the water. Toward the northwest another Chub, Platygobio gracilis , takes 
the place of the preceding, and reaches a somewhat larger size. 
The English Chub is also closely allied to its American namesake. 
The English Chub, “ Chevin ” or Chavender, Squalius cephalus , the 
Chevaine or Dobule of France, the Altel or Dobel of Germany is widely 
distributed over Europe and Asia Minor. 
Frank Buckland compares it to the Yorkshireman’s horse—very bad to 
catch and no good when he is caught—but many old-school anglers will 
not ratify his judgment. 
Pennell says of the Chub that, though not so mettlesome or gamesome 
as the Dace, it grows to far greater size, and has the merit of taking the 
artificial fly kindly. 
The Chub is believed by many etymologists to have derived its Eng¬ 
lish name from an old Saxon word meaning “head,” and its French 
name also from chef , a word of similar significance. It is also often called 
the “ Loggerhead,” and in Germany the “Dickkopf,” and in France the 
“ Cabot.” 
The word “chubby” we owe, perhaps, to this plump little Leuciscm . 
Marston, in 1602, in his play called “Antonio’s Revenge,” used this 
simile : 
“ I never saw a fool lean ; the chub-faced fop 
Shines sleek with full-cramm’d fat of happiness.” 
It attains a length of two feet and a weight of eight or ten pounds, lives 
in clear, swift waters, and is found in the mountains of Central Europe to 
a height of 3,000 feet or more, as well as in the brackish waters of North 
