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.out of the tail, aud to bind the bait firmly on to the hook 

 with fine red worsted. This method may save trouble, and 

 be economical, but there is nothing else to be said in its 

 favour. Obtain some freshly-boiled red shrimps, put them 

 into a tin box, with double their own bulk of fine table salt, 

 and they will last a month, but if you can get a fresh 

 :supply, at short intervals, do so, because the fresher they are 

 the more fish you will kill. They require a lot of soaking 

 before use, and the longer you keep them in water the more 

 jliant and durable they become. Have nothing to do with 

 glycerine as a preservative ; prawns and shrimps so treated 

 aa'e a delusion and a snare. Use long-shanked single 

 hooks ; and as you value your peace of mind do not be 

 tempted to try the complicated " prawn tackle," sold in the 

 shops. Annealed steel wire is far better than salmon gut 

 for prawn or shrimp fishing, because it sinks the bait, 

 which has a tendency to rise to the surface when worked 

 like a fly. I have given single steel wire a good trial for 

 two seasons, have killed fish up to 22^1bs. on it, and never 

 had an accident. If you want any stronger proof of its excel- 

 lence, try it for yourself, provided you can get it. The wire 

 I use would " hang a man," if it did not cut his head off in 

 the process, and yet it is equal in thickness to the finest of 

 matural trout gut. 



