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mixed with isinglass, and with the help of a pipe, 

 is introduced into very small hollow glass globes, 

 of various colours ; these globes are shaken until 

 the liquid covers the inside, which will then afford 

 an excellent imitation of the finest pearl. 



Maisonneuve. 



MINNOWS. 



This beautiful little fish frequents gravelly 

 streams, and bites readily at a small red worm or 

 gentle, No. 12 hook. It is of a rich and agree- 

 able flavour, but its chief use is as a bait for large 

 fish. When minnows are thus used, it is neces- 

 sary to keep them and other small fish in bran, 

 else they grow putrid. At first they are naturally 

 stiff, but after the bran is washed off they become 

 pliable. Daniel. 



Curious Assemblage of Minnows. Messrs. 

 Unwin and Cowper, crossing a brook, saw, from 

 the foot of a bridge, something like a flower at 

 the bottom of the water : it was in fact a circular 

 assemblage of minnows ; their heads all met in 



