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before been remarked, has three horns con- 

 nected with his anatomy, any one of which is 

 woful sharp, and decidedly painful when in- 

 serted into an angler's frame. These horns 

 are shifted from side to side by the wrig- 

 gling of the fish. The " bull-head," when 

 hoisted from his native heath, twists a great 

 deal when you try to remove him from the 

 hook. And he has an awkward fashion of 

 swallowing the bait clear down to the end of 

 his tail. 



If you get one of these horns into your 

 hand it is one of the most painful and ugly 

 of hurts. It may swell up and cripple your 

 hand for a week or more, and it stings and 

 throbs and gives you infinite trouble. With 

 those three horns, each pointing a different 

 way, it is a delicate job to get the " bull-head " 

 off the barb without getting " horned." 



But how easily all this vexation and pos- 

 sible pain is avoided by the knowing seeker 

 after " bull-heads." He simply ties a square 

 chunk of fat pork to the end of a line and 

 lowers it, with noiseless movement, into the 

 water. 



Then, when the unsuspecting and glad- 

 So 



