THE LAMPEBY. 



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at any rate, is somnolent. Its eye is exceedingly small, and its colours 

 are various shades of yellow and brown. 



The methods of capture for lampreys are only by bucks or baskets, 

 similar to those for eels. These may be set in warm wet weather at the 

 tails of such waterfalls as may be in the neighbourhood. This, at least, 

 as before indicated, is the only method employed at Teddington, where 

 my experience of this family has been chiefly gained. 



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