SOME FISH AND SOME FISHING 



powers I have often tested when seafishing. 



If on a still day you see the dorsal fin of 

 a leisurely swimming shark on the surface 

 of the ocean, you may always inspire the 

 shark with new life by pouring fresh fish 

 blood into the sea. The shark will at 

 once become alert and begin to hunt the 

 blood-scent until he finally discovers its 

 source. 



Then again, when anchored and fishing 

 for bonefish, after having distributed the 

 crab-meat chum, you will often see a school 

 of bonefish hunting the smell of the chum 

 as a pack of hounds hunt the cold scent of a 

 fox, quartering to the right and to the left 

 until they eventually hit the line and find 

 what they are looking for. 



Knowing that trappers in the northern 

 woods lead their prey to their baited traps 

 with "charm-oil," I conceived the idea that 

 fish might be enticed in a like manner. 



This was difficult in seafishing as the fric- 

 tion caused by trolling a bait through the 



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