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THE COMPLETE SPORTSMAN 



most fastidious fish. They should never be 

 carried in the angler's mouth, nor in his trousers 

 pocket with his loose change. Nothing is more 

 tiresome than to be unable to articulate co- 

 herently when you desire to give an order to the 

 gillie, and the latter may have justifiable cause 





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for disappointment if, at the end of a long day's 

 sport, a worm is pressed into his open palm in 

 place of the gold coin with which it was the 

 fisherman's intention to reward his services. 



In most reputable angling clubs the use of 

 ant's eggs as bait is strictly forbidden, partly 



