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you thrust your naked foot (not flinching if a 

 crab "nips" you), and then pushing down your 

 hands on each side of the small mound until you 

 can get no further, you then turn over the mud 

 and find the lug in the piece of mud removed. 

 The use of putting the foot into the puddle is to 

 prevent the animal from, backing into another 

 hole communicating with the water. When taken 

 they are carefully Avashed and placed in a basin 

 till wanted, when the hook is inserted at the head 

 and run down to the middle, where it is brought 

 out and inserted two or three times, twisting up 

 the tail so as to leave none hanging from the 

 hook. This is a very unpleasant operation, not 

 only for the worm, but for the operator, as a nasty, 

 yellow, slimy liquid exudes from the worm and 

 stains the hands, but, notwithstanding this, the 

 lug is a most valuable bait. 



