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should., however, recommend that the potting be 

 not in one mass, but that it be divided into small 

 jelly-pots, pouring on the surface some melted suet, 

 by which plan a pot can be opened when wanted, 

 instead of disturbing the general store. Each little 

 pot should have for external covering a lid of moist 

 bladder. 



Captain Williamson preserves salmon roe in the 

 following way. He first parboils it, and then 

 steeps it in strong brine for a day or two. Having 

 allowed it to drain well, he lays it thinly between 

 alternate layers of clean soft wool, puts it in ajar, 

 the mouth of which he covers w r ith a bladder, and 

 keeps it in a moderately cool place. If he observes 

 it getting mouldy or tainted, he scalds it for a 

 minute in boiling water, drains it, and replaces it 

 in fresh layers of wool. Roe simply parboiled 

 will last without any further preparation for a few 

 days, and is a good bait. 



In baiting with salmon roe, the hook should be 

 covered with it, and as many grains put in the 

 bend as possible. The most perfect grain should 

 cover the barb and point of the hook. Some per- 

 sons with a fine needle thread necklace-fashion some 

 fine pink silk thread with the grains of roe, and 

 then tie a sufficient number neatly about the shank 

 and bend of the hook, shielding the point with one 

 of them. 



When your preserved salmon roe is too soft to 



