more will be required at the last great day." Walton 

 would be seen in no man's company twice he did not 

 like, and he liked none but such as he believed were 

 honest and clean. 



The bait subject, not being a limited one, was 

 resumed. MusStes, cock roaches, worms of all kinds, 

 branch minnows, stone rollers, cat eels or wall-eyed 

 cats, small cat fish, sun fish, locusts and soft crabs 

 were each mentioned an acceptable food to the black 

 bass. The cat eel is a favorite in clear water during 

 warm -.weather and is usually used after his horns and 

 fins are clipped. This bait has a habit of going to 

 the bottom of the stream and often a cork, just 

 sufficiently bouyant to keep him from lodging among 

 the rocks, is attached to the snood a few inches above 

 the hook. The soft crab is quartered after being 

 fresh killed and the meat being stringy is frequently 

 and properly tightly tied about the hook with sewing 

 thread. When I spoke to my son of cats, he laugh- 

 ingly remarked "You dont' mean to tell me that cats 

 real cats are used for bait? I made reply, "I can't 

 vouch for the story, but it was told me. Tom Dawson 

 was a railroad employe, and when not braking on the 

 road spent his hours on the river fishing. He took 

 an early start one morning and as he was about to 

 leave home, carrying his rods, bucket and lunch 

 basket, his good wife remarked, 'Tom, as you are 

 going to the river today, take that small litter of 

 kittens our cat gave birth to yesterday and drown 

 them.' Tom did as requested. He carefully placed 

 the kittens in his pockets and proceeded over the 

 railroad bridge and up the tow-path to the island 

 for a quiet days sport. Arriving on the ground, he 

 located on a rocky projection and in the course of an 



