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diately hover above the dead or wounded bird, and fly about 

 regardless of the approach of man or of any danger. 



The whole flock may then be shot, one after another, 

 with the same ease as if one were killing chickens in a hencoop. 



The bass, like all other fish, is a voracious feeder, especially 

 when small, and 

 when not more 

 than an inch or 

 two in length 

 begins to exhibit 

 cannibali stic 

 tendencies, de- 

 vouring its 

 weaker brethren 

 with impunity. 



The follow- 

 ing experience, 

 which is by no 

 means uncom- 

 mon, may serve 

 to illustrate this 

 fact: 



One after- 

 noon I had been 

 casting for bass with frogs near a sunken rock, when 

 suddenly I felt a strike, and although I gave the 

 fish ample time, he escaped, evidently having seized 

 the frog from behind, contrary to their usual habit. A 

 second frog disappeared in a similar way, and then a third. 

 I suspected by this time that I was the victim of a solitary 

 fish or straggler, who was evidently determined to obtain a 

 full meal at my expense, so I lashed a fourth frog to the 

 hook, with thread, in such a manner that the legs were 

 free, but that it would be impossible for the fish to get 

 the bait without being hooked. This frog had scarcely touched 



Slippery Elm 



