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the bottom end of the trace. Bait with small pieces 

 of mud-worm, and keep gently " lifting and drawing." 

 "When a bite is felt, strike lightly, and to one side. 

 Gas lamps, or other strong lights near the water side, 

 at times attract them in considerable numbers. 



The Herring. 



FAM., Clupeidoe. 



Pew fish are so well known to the million as the 

 herring, finding its way as it does into both the 

 highest and very lowest society-, and depend on it, 

 reader mine, that not even the gifted fish of Eastern 

 romance pass through such strange weird scenes. 

 The wretched cabin of the collier, the coiner's den, 

 the burglar's cellar, and the breakfast table of the 

 peer, are all visited by him, either in the guise of 

 the humble low-priced thirst-provoking fork-tortured 

 " Soldier" or the more pretentious bloater. Great 

 numbers are also consumed fresh ; and from very early 

 ages, herrings, in the various ways in which they are 

 prepared, have been great favourites ; vide old couplet : 



" Herring and ling, 

 Herring and ling ; 

 Of all the fish in the sea, 

 Herring's the king." 



But the royalty of the poor herring, like that of 

 many unfortunate pieces of humanity, has only led to 



