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water. If found to be too sticky, re-melt, and add a trifle 

 more butter. This makes a clean and tenacious wax. 



Shot PlyePS are specially made for splitting shot and 

 nipping it on the line. 



Shrimp, The (Crangon vulgar is) ^ A genus of crus- 

 taceans, allied to the lobster, crayfish, and prawn family, 

 of a greenish grey colour, dotted with small brown spots, 

 and rarely more than two inches long ; very abundant 

 on the British coasts wherever the shore is sandy. It is 

 esteemed as an article of food, and is generally obtained 

 by means of nets, in form like wide-mouthed bags, stretched 

 by a short cross beam at the end of a pole or shaft the 

 shrimper wading up to the knees in the tide, and pushing 

 these along the sand. It is a deadly bait for salmon. 



Shrimp Fishing for Salmon is a very successful 

 and deadly method, so much so that in many rivers which 

 are strictly preserved the shrimp is not permitted to be used 

 as a bait by the bye-laws relating thereto, although the use 

 of it is not forbidden by Act of Parliament. If the shrimp 

 can be got fresh, it is plumped into boiling water containing 

 a little salt and saltpetre, which tends to toughen it and at 

 the same time heighten the colour, which ought to be a 

 bright pink. It must not be boiled long, or it will get too 

 soft to be serviceable ; the tougher it is kept the better. 

 The shrimp may be baited on hooks similar to those used in 

 prawn fishing (q.v.). A simple style of baiting, and one in 

 common use in many of the Irish rivers, is as follows : 

 Insert a round bend worm hook in the thorax of the shrimp, 

 carry down the body and bring out under tail ; push the 

 shrimp well up clear of the bend; then take another shrimp, 

 rather smaller, and insert the barb of the hook at the tail 

 and bring the point out halfway up the belly, leaving about 



