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Figure 12. — Poisonous Cones. Length to 10". 
Crabs and lobsters can most easily be caught at night, as that 
is the time when they generally move about. They may be 
stunned with a stick or stone, caught in the hands, or trapped. 
They often can be taken on a line baited with dead fish or 
spoiled meat. Tie the bait on just above a sinker of some kind 
and pull in from time to time, not too hard or the crab will let 
go, to see if you have caught one. Traps baited with fish or 
animal flesh are commonly used by commercial crab and lobster- 
men but probably would not be practical, except for more or 
