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SCAXDIXAVIAX FISHES. 



trough or wooden i)um])-l)ai'i-el, lilackened lest it sliould in tVesh wiiter, ainoBg the reeds and in calm inlets, 

 frighten the Eel, and with the inner end raised high j Eel-boxes (dl-hhlor) are sunk, lined witii woolly sheep- 

 enough above the level of the water in and below the I skin, the wool facing inwards, and jiieived witii round 

 traji to cut off the Eels retreat. When the trough is ; holes ?> or 4 em. wide. At these holes the sheepskin 

 closed, tlie water runs out of the trap, and the Eels ' is slit up crosswise, and the strips are left hanging 

 are fished up. < )n the same j)rinciple Alkistor are crjn- 



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Fig. il>^. Eel-basket. 



structed beside mills and ntht'i' waterwni'ks; Init their 

 lower end is generallv closed with a tine iron grating. 

 Into Eel-trunks (hradsiniijiar), which are placed in a 

 strong current, the Eel is guided by two converging 

 rows of freshly peeled, white stakes or unbarked birch- 

 trunks. \\'herever the Eel is known to have its liaunts 



Fig. 2 7!). Eel-spear. 



there. The k^el-liox is baited with pieces of meat or 

 the like wrap|;ied in fresh pea-haulm, and the liox is 

 then left in a fathom or two of water for a week or 

 so, when it is examined, and moved to another localitv, 

 if the catch is too poor. In tlie same way Eel-baskets 



Fisr. 280. Danish Eel-weir. After DiiECHSEL. 



