BOBBING FOR EELS 



get away from a bob. Sometimes the half- 

 bushel basket would go back home nearly 

 full of them. And as for their size, I do 

 not wish to say, except that no small ones 

 seem to bite at a bob. In that I will quote 

 from Izaak Walton, who, after giving ex- 

 cellent directions for dressing and cooking 

 an eel, says: 



" When I go to dress an Eel thus I wish 

 he were as long and as big as that which 

 was caught in Peterborough River in the 

 year 1667, which was a yard and three- 

 quarters long." To which I can but add 

 that I defy old England to produce any 

 bigger eels than we have in New England. 



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