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the beautiful Vermilian Stain and sanguin Tincture of 

 Blood, which vividly and transparently shines through 

 her rubified Gills ; so that now she begins to look 

 languid and pale, her Fins they sag, and her Scales 

 by degrees lose their natural shining Brightness ; as 

 also her regular and well compos'd Fabrick of Body, 

 looks thin, lean, and discoloured : and her Head that 

 grows big, and disproportion able, as if distemper'd 

 and invaded with the Rickets ; over whose Chaps 

 hangs a callous Substance, not much unlike to a 

 Falcon's Beak ; which plainly denotes her out of 

 Season, and as plainly as any thing demonstrates her 

 Kippar. 



Franck, although he wrote only one year after 

 Barker's book was published, makes no mention of 

 it, and probably had never seen it, but was acquainted 

 with the use of salmon roe as a bait ; and it is prob- 

 able that the use of this bait originated in Scotland. 

 In connection with the chub, salmon roe is thus 

 mentioned : " But for salmon spawn if you bring 

 him that novel, you do your business and his too." 



Northern Memoirs contains the first mention of 

 the spinal cord of the ox as a good bait for chub ; 

 the use of this lure, which at the present day forms 

 the most highly prized winter bait for chub, is thus 

 described : " But September approaching, you must 

 bring him Beef Pith, for which he shall sacrifice all 

 he has, and give you his Carcase in exchange for his 

 Commons." 



The notes on this book by Sir Walter Scott are 

 not of much interest, with the exception, perhaps, 

 of the following passage, in which the love of the 



