32 MINNOWS AND 



to that wide-mouthed, flat-headed aquatic. Its 

 beauty, though not quite apparent to us, would 

 no doubt be admired by some of the savage 

 tribes who, looking upon flat foreheads as the 

 ne plus ultra of loveliness, produce, in their 

 offspring, that peculiar formation, by other than 

 Nature's aid. Trout show somethins; of the 

 savage propensity, for they often exhibit a 

 great predilection for the Miller's Thumb, or 

 Bull-head. 



In figs. 3. and 4. of Plate I. are represented 

 others of the "VYater-witch tribe, not much in- 

 ferior to the former, and, as a change of colour 

 and arrangement of hooks, will be found a 

 valuable addition to the angler's Minnow esta- 

 blishment. 



Turn, file, or cast brass into the required 

 shape; whether serpentine, as fig. 3., or straight, 

 as fig. 4. Drill two holes, almost close together, 

 near the head, two more near the middle of 

 the body, but rather inclining towards the 

 head end, and one near the tail. Form the 

 spinning apparatus of the same shape as for 

 the previously described baits (figs. 1. and 2.), 



