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of her feet, the sight of a fish will induce her to take 
to the water, and that when once she has, otter-like, — 
pursued fish in this way with success, she becomes 
one of the most desperate of poachers. But man is 
not always fond of fish, and the fat of a fellow who is 
no ossophagist might tend to drive the fish away 
rather than to induce their presence, and if such be 
the case, we fear there will become a great demand 
for the adipose of an angler, and he who in dying 
carries so tempting a bait may be followed to his last 
resting-place by the brethren of the rod in a humour 
rather of joy than of sorrow! This is certainly a 
grave view to take of the question, and naturally 
brings us to an end :— 
“ All arts, all shapes, the wily angler tries, 
To cloak his fraud, and tempt his finny prize : 
Their sight, their smell, he carefully explores, 
And blends the druggist’s and the chymist’s stores : 
Devising still, with fancy ever new, 
Pastes, oils, and unguents, of each scent and hue.” 
And in Jones’ Oppian :-— 
“ A paste in luscious wine the captor steeps, 
Mixed with the balmy tears that Myrrha weeps, 
Around the trap diffusive fragrance rolls, 
And calls with certain charms the finny shoals ; 
They crowd the arch, and soon each joyful swain 
Finds nor his labour nor his care in vain.” 
G. F. 
