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sisting of a telephone-receiver and a detonator, 

 both of which are sunk in the water and con- 

 nected to a post of observation on the river-bank. 

 When any fish pass the receiver a sound of 

 squeaking is distinctly heard above the buzzing 

 of the local bees and the soughing of the trees. 

 The angler thereupon presses a button, the 

 detonator explodes, and the air is filled with 

 fragments of dismembered fish, which can be 

 collected at leisure in a landing-net. 



I only mention this form of angling to deplore 

 it, being well aware that a slaughter such as I 

 have described would evoke expressions of 

 disgust from the least scrupulous of my readers.* 



8. 



The true angler is usually a naturalist as well. 

 He knows the name of every fly that he uses, and 

 every fish that he catches, and will rightly 

 hesitate to express his opinion of the latter' s 

 value in mere terms of the kitchen. Unlike the 



* The apparatus described above can be obtained for 

 fifty-six francs (carriage paid) from M. Henri Blume, Rue 

 de la Framboise, Aix-la-Chapelle, and I shall be obliged 

 if readers will mention my name when ordering it. I 

 speak from experience when I say that it will be found a 

 most effective substitute for the mayfly, and provide the 

 least competent sportsman with an original and inexpensive 

 means of adding to his bag. 



