seventy-five cents per quart, and are ex- 

 ceedingly small. It takes three to make 

 a decent bait. Shedder-crabs are uncertain 

 of supply, and when found are small ; those 

 who want that sort of bait had better bring 

 it from New York. The Weak-fish here 

 are not so dainty in their tastes as they 

 seem to become by the time they get to 

 Prince's Bay, and Shedder-crab is by no 

 means a necessity for catching them. 

 Not infrequently when they are running in 

 on a flood tide they will snap eagerly at a 

 chunk of fresh Blue-fish or even a piece of 

 a Weak-fish. It is not advisable to send 

 fish back to the city by the express com- 

 pany if it can be avoided. Delivery is too 

 much delayed and uncertain. 



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