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trived the following potting apparatus ; which, if travel- 

 ling by rail or otherwise, he may either take with him, 

 or send to the scene of his intended operations. 



I am sure it will be found a most efficient means 

 of enabling him to preserve the results of his labours, 

 especially if he has a conveyance of his own, in which 

 it can easily be carried. The whole apparatus, then, 

 consists of a light wooden or tin box with a lid, 20 

 inches long, 9 inches broad, and 9 inches high, in 

 which are packed half a dozen square stoneware or 

 tin pans, 8 inches by 6, and 4 deep. These are placed 

 lengthways across the box in two rows of three each 

 one above the other, with a movable bottom of deal, 

 between for the upper row of pans to rest upon. In 

 these pans the trout are to be potted according to the 

 following directions, when they will keep for weeks, or 

 even months, and may be transported wherever the 

 angler chooses. Salmon, I need scarcely say, may be 

 disposed of in a similar manner, whenever the sports- 

 man is fortunate enough to get hold of them. 



POTTING TEOUT. 



First, allow the trout to lie ten minutes in cold 

 spring-water, or let it run upon them from a tap, to 

 clean and stiffen them ; then take out the entrails, and 

 clean them well with a coarse towel ; but by no means 

 wash them in water after they are opened. Next, remove 

 the heads, tails, fins, and backbones, with a sharp knife ; 

 dissecting out the backbone with as little flesh on it as 



