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each other, for at the last moment the fish that is only 
a few inches farther off the food suddenly slips aside 
and then turns round in his own length, and not infre- 
quently ends by getting the worm. This is in conse- 
quence of the fact that when a trout seizes a worm, or 
other wrigeling form of food, he gives it a bite, and 
then spits it out to swallow it again. The fish that 
missed the bait is aware of this fact, and suddenly turn- 
ing round frequently snaps up the worm before the fish 
that spat it out is able to seize it again. Unless trout 
are exceedingly hungry, I do not believe they ever 
swallow a worm until they have killed it. They may 
bite it and spit it out two or three times successively 
as already described, or taking it into their mouths 
they masticate it well for several minutes before they 
swallow it. 
