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known as Killy-fish, and are an excellent bait for fish of almost every 

 kind that prey on other fish. 



As live bait for Pike, Pearch or Catfish, they are not to be equalled ; 

 and in spinning or trolling, they are excellent for the noble Striped 

 Bass, the Pike, the Salmon, the Lake Trout in all its varieties, and 

 for the Brook Trout especially those which are found in the tide- 

 creeks, where they are less willing than in other waters to take the 

 fly. A more particular description of so common and well-known a 

 fish would take up space needlessly, which is more required for other 

 parts of my subject ; and the species are, I was almost about to say, 

 innumerable. Three of the commoner varieties, and those most useful 

 as bait, are represented on the preceding page. 





