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the neck; if thrown in the boat and allowed to die, their 

 flavour is completely destroyed. Moreover, nothing gives 

 a boat such a horrible odour as the slime from fish, so that 

 a flat tray with a cover should be provided to hold them. 



16. All fish should be scaled and cleaned as soon as pos- 

 sible; this is particularly true in the case of bass, both large 

 and small-mouthed, rock bass, sunfish, and pike. Perch 

 and pickerel will keep much longer, but then they must be 

 skinned, which takes away a great deal of their flavour. 



Catfish and eels are the only fish from which the skin 

 should be removed. 



17. It may be taken as a general law that all fish take 

 bait or fly most readily just about sundown. 



The End. 



