The Popular recreator. A key to in-door and out-door amusements .. (1873)
London, New York [etc.] Cassell, Petter & Galpin · leaf 640
s with gudgeon or minnow;our largest chub, one of five and three-quarter pounds, fallingto our lot in this way. At certain seasons the chub, dace, and the leaner roach aresomewhat difficult to distinguish; and often our best Thames expedient too often your hook, or hookless line, returns to… … fishermen are bewildered for a while by their close resemblance.There cannot, however, be any mistake in his mode of takingthe bait, and his after conduct, which are remarkable. The chub never minces his meal, but swallows it whole, unlessit is too large for that purpose, leaving the teeth, which…
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