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gentles in a cool place to retard them from assuming the 

 chrysalis form, which would render them useless for the 

 angler's purpose. If the weather is warm, the vessel con- 

 taining them may be buried in the earth ; this excludes both 

 air and heat. Gentles are not pleasant things to handle, 

 and a nice scoured worm will do as well in most cases. 



GillaPOO is the name given to a peculiar description of 

 brown trout found in many of the lakes and a few of the 

 rivers of Ireland. The name signifies "red boy." Ruadh, 

 "red," denotes the very prominent red spots which are 

 found on the fish; and giolla, "boy," is in accordance 

 with usage in Ireland, which does not limit the term to 

 age, sex, genus, or class, but employs it for every object 

 of familiarity hence the Celtic word gillie, also signi- 

 fying a "boy." This explanation is necessary, as it has 

 been erroneously described to mean "gizzard," which this 

 fish is supposed to possess ; this so-called gizzard is merely 

 a large, thick, muscular stomach, which usually contains 

 a quantity of small shell fish of three or four kinds. Sir 

 Humphrey Davy considered the gillaroo to be a distinct 

 breed, or a sort of link between char and trout. The 

 gillaroo is highly esteemed both for its edible qualities 

 and for the sport it affords. It is caught by the same means 

 as ordinary trout and associates with them, and is only 

 to be found in Ireland. 



Gimp is composed of a thread or two of silk, flax, or 

 hemp, covered over with an arming of fine brass or copper 

 wire, which can also be had silvered. It is useful for 

 making spinning traces, and attached as collars to strong 

 hooks for the capture of pike, as their teeth are so 

 numerous and sharp that nothing else will stand against 

 their attacks. It is formed into traces by being fastened to 



