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crocodile and alligator, which secretes an 

 unctuous substance, of a strong musky scent. 

 Mr. Bell is of opinion that this secretion 

 acts as a bait to lure the fish, on which the 

 alligator and crocodile feed, within their 

 reach. 



Reed. I fully agree with you on this sub- 

 ject. If a man cannot catch fish without 

 using scent, he will never catch them with 

 it. If trouts are not hungry, it is not a 

 " gilliegaupy of a callant," as James Hogg 

 says, throwing a scented bait who is likely 

 to take them. 



Roddam. Speaking of scents puts me in 

 mind of a gentleman that was staying here 

 on a visit about a twelvemonth ago. He 

 was a great angler in his way, and had a 

 large book of flies as finely bound as Lady 



's prayer-book, and half a dozen little 



bottles containing different kinds of scent to 

 tempt the trouts with. He was eager to get 

 the marrow of a heron's thigh-bone, and 

 Jemmy the waiter, who supplied him with 



