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keeps bright by scraping with a knife, and ties it, evenly 

 balanced, with a string, which passes through a small hole in 

 the back. After making a hole of proper size in the ice for 

 spearing and taking out his captives, he cuts another, through 

 which he lowers the leaden imitation ; then covering the 

 larger hole and himself by means of one or more blankets 

 suspended on upright sticks, he is ready for operation, and 

 proceeds to lower and raise the counterfeit fish to lure the 

 great Trout within reach of his spear. As the large hole is 

 darkened by the blankets, the spearer is not seen by the Trout 

 below ; as he rises in pursuit of the leaden fish and comes 

 within striking distance, he is impaled by the deadly spear 

 and landed on the ice, where, after a few flaps of his tail, he 

 dies a martyr to his voracity or curiosity. 



The wood-cut of this fish I have taken from Mr. E. Cabot's 

 representation, filling in the proportions somewhat between 

 the anal and caudal fins to suit my own notions of its form. 



