MDDM Ch. 75 Carpe Carpum

[Dave Monroe]

   "'We'll find the Carp shy of human company, the
Dace fat and slow, but none so much as
                      Thy svt,
                          J.'"
(M&D, Ch. 75, p. 733)

"Mason is content for the moment simply to sit [...]
feeling settled, quietly plumb [...] the sudden streak
of light as the most gigantic Carp he'd ever run
across in his life, keeled, what in legend will be
recalled as but inches from his foot.  It was the
notoriously long-lived Canny Bob, said to've been
chased by the Romans who once encamped up above
Binchester.  'But as you froze there, seemingly the
object of Torpidinous assault,' Dixon tells him, after
Bob has made his escape, 'I hesitated to approach you,
for fear of electrocuting myself.  At least I was able
for once to observe him at some leisure,-- he
strangely seemed to like you, Mason.  I've never had
that good a chance at him, no one I know has been as
close as you.  The Romans 'round here used to say,
"Carpe carpum," that is, "Seize the Carp".'" (M&D, Ch.
75, p. 734)

   "'Tha must attend closely to the Dace up here as
well, for they look exactly like the Chub, yet are
they night and Day when it comes to the fight they'll
put up...?'
   "'Excuse me, one looks at the Fins.  'Tis fairly
obvious which is which.'
   "'Not here, I fear.  Nor will River Wear Chub have
much to do with the Bread-baits you no doubt learn'd
to use down in Gloucester.'
   "'What then?  Some rare Beetle, I imagine.'
   "'Some rare Beef would better do the Trick...? 
They are blood-crazed, and feral.'" (M&D, Ch. 75, p.
735)

Canny Bob

Main Entry: can·ny
Pronunciation: 'ka-nE
Function: adjective
Inflected Form(s): can·ni·er; -est
Etymology: 1can
Date: 1596
1 : CLEVER, SHREWD; also : PRUDENT
2 chiefly Scottish a : CAREFUL, STEADY; also :
RESTRAINED b : QUIET, SNUG <then canny, in some cozy
place, they close the day -- Robert Burns>

Main Entry: bob
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English bobbe
Date: 14th century
1 a (1) : BUNCH, CLUSTER (2) Scottish : NOSEGAY b : a
knob, knot, twist, or curl especially of ribbons,
yarn, or hair c : a short haircut on a woman or child
2 : FLOAT 2a
3 : a hanging ball or weight (as on a plumb line)

Main Entry: plumb bob
Function: noun
Date: circa 1840
: the metal bob of a plumb line

http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary

CANNY BOB
Small Single. Tube white, Corolla fluorescent pink.
The flowers are held clear and erect from the foliage.

http://www.communigate.co.uk/london/fuchsia/phpTVNu1f

http://www.communigate.co.uk/london/fuchsia/page11.phtml

torpdinous

Main Entry: tor·pid
Pronunciation: 'tor-p&d
Function: adjective
Etymology: Latin torpidus, from torpEre to be sluggish
or numb; akin to Lithuanian tirpti to become numb
Date: 1613
1 a : having lost motion or the power of exertion or
feeling : DORMANT, NUMB b : sluggish in functioning or
acting <a torpid frog> <a torpid mind>
2 : lacking in energy or vigor : APATHETIC, DULL

Main Entry: tor·pe·do
Pronunciation: tor- 'pE-(")dO
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -does
Etymology: Latin, literally, stiffness, numbness, from
torpEre to be sluggish or numb -- more at TORPID
Date: circa 1520
1 : ELECTRIC RAY ...

Main Entry: electric ray
Function: noun
Date: 1774
: any of various round-bodied short-tailed rays
(family Torpedinidae) of warm seas with a pair of
electric organs 

http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary

http://www.reefquest.com/topics/p_electric_rays.htm

http://www.reefquest.com/shark_profiles/torpediniformes.htm

"Carpe Carpum"

Carpum
Meaning: Fruit, often a suffix
Pronunciation: KAR-pum

http://plantsdatabase.com/botanary/go/1189/

"paenulam quam reliqui Troade apud Carpum veniens
adfers et libros maxime" (2 Tim. 4:13)

http://www.awmach.org/cgi-bin/hc/BVL?o=138135~mc=on
"The cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou
comest, bring with thee, and the books, but especially
the parchments." (2 Timothy 4:13)

http://www.htmlbible.com/kjv30/B55C004.htm

Carp

http://www.fishing4fun.co.uk/fish/carp.htm

Dace

Because of the fish's size and ease of catch, the dace
is not a popular choice with pleasure anglers but it
does live in clean water of pleasant surroundings, so
is a nice fish to catch in fine weather....
Dace are silver delicate fish that usually live in
abundance in clear fast streams of the central and
southern Britain (including certain parts of
Wales).... 

http://www.fishing4fun.co.uk/stories/011222dace.htm

Chub

Predominantly a river fish, the chub is found where
currents flow fast over gravel or stony beds. It is a
fish of clean, unpolluted waters where both oxygen and
food exist in plenty. The species provides fishing of
quality for the angler prepared to stalk this cautious
and stealthy prey with great care and skill. A
specimen chub is shy in habit a thick-bodied ghost
that fades into the depths at sight or sound of man or
beast. Yet the chub is renowned for the dogged
resistance it displays to the efforts of angler and
rod.

The chub belongs to the carp family, though it does
not resemble the carp in appearance. The mature fish
is solidly built, with a blunt head, large mouth and
thick, pale lips. The back is greenish brown, the
flanks silvery, and the belly a yellowish white. The
fins, which are well defined and powerful, can range
from colourless to a rich red. It is easy to identify
by its large scales, which have a slight black edging,
and can only be confused with other fish when young,
when it is often mistaken for a dace. The distinction
between the two should be clear, however the chub has
large fins with rounded, convex rear edges, especially
noticeable on the anal fin, and 44-46 scales along the
lateral line, while the dace's fins have concave rear
edges and its lateral line averages 47-54 scales. 

http://www.fishing4fun.co.uk/fish/chub.htm

"'Some rare Beef would better do the Trick...?'"

The best known and most used of the meat baits is
undoubtedly luncheon meat. The tinned types are easily
carried and provide a hefty chunk of meat from which
substantial sized cubes can be cut. Blind buying of
the first tin on the shelf is not advised. There are
many cheap varieties of luncheon meat which have a
very high fat content, and this means a soft cube of
hookbait that will either break away from the hook
during the cast, or fall apart within a few minutes of
lying in the water, especially if the swim is fast
water. A few extra pence will purchase a good meat mix
that should keep refrigerated until required,
thereafter kept as cool as possible while the angler
is fishing. Once the tin is opened, keep the contents
out of the sun and packed away in tight box.

http://www.fishing4fun.co.uk/bait/index.htm

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