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rods of the same spot, in number I cannot say how many, but 
I would take of them, varying from sixty to seventy-five. 
During the months of February, March and April, they be- 
come separated, and are distributed the whole length of the 
creeks, and about the first of May, begin again, in small num- 
bers, to ascend the stream. ‘This they continue to do as the 
season advances, and their means of sustenance increases, 
(which is principally insects and flies,) till about the middle 
of October, when they are found in great numbers, as near up 
as they can conveniently get to the origin of the stream. This 
is their spawning season, and having deposited their spawn, 
they begin to wend their way down the stream, for the most 
part in a body, till they reach again the marshes. 
These fish were formerly taken in considerable numbers, 
With a kind of net used in the herring fishery ; but this me- 
thod of taking them is, I believe, prohibited by legislauon. 
They are now taken, for the most part, with line and hook, 
bated with minnow, shrimp or earth-worm ; or, at some sea- 
sons of the year, with the artificial fly, more especially in the 
fresh ponds. Two other methods of taking them have been 
Tesorted to in the small streams, both of which deserve a pass- 
mg notice; the first is by titillation, so called, and the second,. 
hooking them up by the caudal extremity, decidedly the mean- _ 
est way of taking them. 
The method of taking them by titillation is this: about the 
*Pawning season, they are found, for the most part, in the 
small and narrow head streams, and seem more sluggish than 
at any other season of the year, and less inclined to take the 
bait, Having arrived at the edge of the stream, the hand is 
carefully and gently passed along under the banks, till it 
comes in contact with the fish, generally near the tail. The 
Utillation then commences, and the hand is made to approach 
towards the head, till sufficiently forward to prevent slipping 
through the fingers, when by a sudden grasp it is landed upon 
shore, the fish remaining perfectly quiet during the pro- 
