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laughing at the angler who places his chief 

 reliance on his scents, and who expects to 

 catch many fish by " a pleasing titillation of 

 their olfactory nerves/' as the advertise- 

 ment, recommending cephalic snuff for the 

 hooping cough, has it, yet I think it likely 

 that fish are partial to certain scents ; though 

 at the same time I very much question 

 whether the odors generally recommended 

 by the learned in such matters will induce 

 trouts to swallow the bait. Beau Nasty, 

 who rubs himself with musk or civet before 

 he goes to a party, would not relish either of 

 those odoriferous substances with his sand- 

 wich or his wine. Cats are fond of the 

 smell of mint, yet they do not, like some of 

 their elderly owners, prefer its infusion for 

 breakfast ; and a lady's dainty-fed lap-dog 

 delights to roll himself on the putrid carrion 

 which he will not eat. About six years ago 

 a communication was made to the Royal 

 Society, by Thomas Bell, Esq. F.L.S. res- 

 pecting a gland under the lower jaw of the 



