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between it and the bank, or a place midway 

 between two corks where the cork line is 

 slightly submerged, or a place where the net is 

 raised by a stone, and the entire shoal one after 

 another will dash through the same weak point. 

 Perhaps the best time to secure them is in the 

 spring, when they are congregating on the 

 shallows preparatory to spawning, or engaged 

 in the work of reproduction. Even then, how- 

 ever, it is doubtful work, although perseverance 

 will in time produce an appreciable diminution 

 of their numbers. 



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