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and thus you go on all down the stream, 

 carrying first one rod and then the other a 

 little further on, as you take them out to 

 attend to them, &c. A good many eels may 

 be taken in this way, but only in the month 

 of May or June, when they are on the run ; 

 and the best time is after heavy showers, &c. 

 Another way to catch eels, is by a method 

 which is called sniggling, which is only prac- 

 tised also in the summer ; for this purpose 

 the rod is short and strong, without a top 

 joint, and across the end of it there is tied a 

 piece of whalebone, or wire, about a foot long, 

 which points down to the water ; the point 

 of this whalebone or wire is made sharp. 

 The line is made of strong whip-cord, a few 

 yards long, and on the end is a strong needle, 

 fastened in the middle very neatly : the bait 

 is a lob-worm, and the needle is forced into 

 it so that it is completely covered. This 

 worm and needle is put on the end of the 

 whalebone at the top of the rod, by entering 

 the sharp point of the whalebone into the 

 worm ; you then go along the side of the 

 river, and wherever you see a hole within 

 your reach, you put in the worm and then 

 let it slip off the end of the whalebone. If 



