00 BAITS. 



The bait must frequently be examined, and, if 

 necessary, renewed, as from being used quite near 

 the ground, it is exposed to attacks from the crabs 

 of every kind which abound in the places where 

 ground fishing is usually practised. If well salted 

 when boiled, shrimps for bait will keep fresh for 

 a good many days if put in a tin or wooden box. 

 They are useful when there is a difficulty in ob- 

 taining lug-worms. 



HERMIT CRAB OR GANN. x>. 



The soft tail part of this curious little fish is a 

 good bait for some ground fish, the pout and 

 most flat-fish readily feeding on them. This bait 

 is much used about the Isle of Wight and up the 

 Southampton Water where the bait is to be got 

 in any quantity from the dredging boats when 

 fishing for oysters. 



