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forming a cul de sac wherein he traps most of 

 the fish. The expert catfish catcher now gets 

 in his work in fishing the seine, and if there is 

 a big haul he sometimes "comes up" with a 

 catfish on each of his ten fingers which are 

 taken off by another person and handed over 

 to be strung upon a grapevine — then used as a 

 fish stringer. 



The catfish is a bottom loving fish, and while 

 angle worms are the best bait, it will take almost 

 anything dead or alive, from a grasshopper to 

 a well-greased small sized tombstone. 



The greatest curiosity in the fish family I 

 ever saw, or heard of, is a two-mouth catfish 

 caught by the writer in a pond near Osborn, 'S. 

 C, some years ago. It is about 6 inches long 

 and has two distinct mouths, a quarter of an 

 inch apart, with a mustache to each mouth. 

 Surely one big mouth ought to be enough for 

 any catfish. Fortunately I sent it to Mr. 

 Brimley at the State Museum, where it is still 

 preserved as a fish freak. 



The spotted or albino catfish is positively 

 dangerous; a prick from his defensive appa- 



