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as fat as seals. A short time before they turn into frogs tadpole 
traps should be set, several in each pond. ‘These consist merely 
of a bone, each suspended in the water, or a piece of meat may 
be used. These baits are found night and morning to be one 
mass of tadpoles, which swarm around them in great numbers, 
and rather resemble swarms of bees. They are lifted out twice 
daily in a very simple manner. Take an ordinary riddle or sieve 
of such fineness that they cannot slip through its meshes, and tie 
this firmly on to the end of a short stick. An old hay rake 
handle is a very good thing, as it is usually split into two prongs 
at the end, and is more easily fixed firmly than an ordinary stick. 
Armed with this apparatus the man in charge goes quietly to the 
pond, adroitly dips the sieve under the pendant bunch of tadpoles, 
and lifts. They immediately leave the bait and fall into the sieve, 
which is then withdrawn, and the forsaken bait being tied, is 
dragged over the side and falls into the water again, the trap thus 
resetting itself. The contents of the sieve are then emptied into 
a pail, and another bunch is lifted in the same manner. A very 
large number are easily taken in this way twice daily, and the trout 
soon make short work of them when they are thrown into the ponds. 
This food posseses the great advantage of being alive and of 
living in the water, and if any are not immediately devoured they 
remain in the trout pond and are eaten afterwards at leisure, and 
they do not foul the water. Should a quantity of them remain 
unused until they turn into frogs, they do equally well for large 
trout, which eat them freely. The only difficulty is that when 
they become frogs they will get out of the pond, and many of 
them will be lost unless they are sharply looked after. 
Toads spawn later in the season than frogs, and the spawn 
consists of long ribbon-like masses, the eggs being in a gelatinous- 
looking mass like frog spawn. Trout will eat them, but they do 
not relish them as they do frog tadpoles. Immense quantities of 
worms can often be obtained very easily by sending children to 
follow the plough and gather them—aindeed it is sometimes worth 
while to drive a plough simply for the sake of the worms. This 
is one of the many ways in which agriculture and aquaculture 
work together. Willows may be profitably grown on the waste 
ground, where such exists, about fish ponds, and a better use for 
