Salt- Water Bait 



and small shell fish cling to the edges of 

 the water. 



After being dug out they should at once 

 be placed in the box with cabbage weed, 

 without water or sand, but, like shrimp, 

 must be kept cool or they soon die, and 

 therefore become worthless because they 

 turn white and have an unpleasant odor. 

 The box should be dipped frequently in the 

 water to keep the weed moist; if the weed 

 is allowed to dry it shrivels up and the 

 worms quickly die. 



Live killies are caught in much the same 

 places as shrimps, indeed many are caught 

 in the net with them. They are hardy lit- 

 tle fellows, and will keep for a long time in 

 water that is changed and kept cool. 



Of the crabs the fiddler is most abundant 

 and easiest of capture, though the angler 

 must be thin and spry to get at them, for 

 they are astonishingly quick in running to 

 cover. Fat anglers are no good in catch- 

 ing fiddlers. The shedder crab is the hard- 

 est of all crabs to get, that is the reason 



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