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their own species. They will also bite at a slug or snail denuded 

 of its shell. 



I have found it the best plan to set a number of single hooks 

 with stout sneads about two or three yards long; dropping the bait 

 in shallow water close to the edge for there it is that eels prowl 

 about in search of their food, and not in the deeper waters, 

 leaving plenty of slack line for them to ran off, and freely gorge 

 the bait. 



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