THE PIKE. 



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I particularly quote this bye-law for the infor- 

 mation of anglers, though it is well known from 

 one end of the Thames to the other. Trailing is 

 practised with a spinning-bait, either natural or 

 artificial, the angler being rowed about with the 

 bait trailing some distance astern. It is a very 



Outer Can 



Inner Can. 



BAIT-KETTLE. 



killing method, and so many undersized pike were 

 poached from the Thames that a stop was put to it. 

 For carrying live baits any distance a large 

 kettle, or can, is compulsory. A kettle, as Bait- 

 it is called, with a separate interior kettle ke le 

 of perforated zinc to place in a running stream, is 



