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Amateur 
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Amateur 
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[Oct. i6, 1909. 
liable to removal from office, according to a 
squirrel persecuted citizen, because he has 
gently but firmly refused to suspend the state 
law which prohibits the killing of squirrels in¬ 
side the city limits. 
But though somewhat perturbed by the on¬ 
slaught the commissioners are willing to help— 
with advice. One of them suggests the follow¬ 
ing recipes: 
Get an old joint of stove-pipe; separate at 
the seam; spring it around the trunk of the tree. 
The squirrel that tries to get up the tree by the 
trunk route will have a job that would have 
made old Sisyphus flee to the swamps. 
Get a catch-’em-alive rat trap; trap your 
squirrel in it; then take him sixteen blocks away 
and dump him over somebody’s back fence. 
Get an active fox terrier dog; all fox terrier 
dogs are crazy to chase cats; he can more use¬ 
fully expend his energy on squirrels. 
The other commissioner has but one remedy, 
but he has tried it himself, and therefore knows 
it will work. This is it: 
Get a long cane pole—a fishing pole, the 
longer the better. Wait until the squirrel gets 
nicely busy up in your tree. Then lam him 
good and plenty with the pole, saying at the 
same time in a decided tone of voice as if you 
meant it, “Shoo! shoo!”—or maybe “Scat!” will 
be as effective. Thereafter the squirrel is 
guaranteed to look upon you and your back 
yard with grave suspicion. 
So it is evident that though the commission¬ 
ers are much harrassed, their intentions are 
honorable in this squirrel imbroglio. At any 
rate, any of our readers who try these recipes 
and do not find them to work should let us 
know—we will get the commissioners to think 
up some more. 
FISHING NEAR POTCHEFSTROOM. 
Some excellent winter fishing has fallen to 
the lot of a number of Potchefstroom anglers 
during the last two months, says Alevin in the 
Transvaal Weekly Illustrated. At this season 
the fish congregate in the large pools, and, al¬ 
though food is comparatively scarce, they are 
in perfect condition and may be relied upon to 
furnish their captors with a full measure of ex¬ 
citement. Owing to the transparency of the 
water, the utmost caution must be observed, 
and conspicuous tackle should be avoided. 
There is one great advantage connected with 
fishing at this time of the year, and that is, if 
one approaches cautiously, it is easy to see 
large beauties gently balancing themselves at 
the head of a big pool, and one is spared tire¬ 
some speculation as to the presence of the 
game. But the angler who would be successful 
must be wary, for if he can see the fish, they 
are equally able to see if he gives them half 
a chance; and the bait, consisting of paste or 
small fish, must be presented in such a manner 
that the fish have no suspicions aroused as to 
how it reached them. The largest winter 
yellow fish taken from the Mooi River for a long 
time fell to the rod of R. A. B. Mussmann, who 
was fishing a few days ago about ten miles be¬ 
low Potchefstroom, when, on a gentle strike 
he succeeded in hooking a nine-pounder, whose 
condition at once proclaimed him a specimen 
fish. He fought most gamely, I am informed, 
for some minutes, but Mr. Mussmann, who is 
always equal to an emergency of the kind, had 
him grassed at last, when it was found that he 
was only just hooked through the lip. Other 
good bags were made by W. Lucas. M. Ayres, 
P. Pretorius, and W, Enslin, all of whom know 
practically all that is to be known on the sub¬ 
ject of fishing for the native fish of the Mooi. 
Another record fish worthy of mention was an 
eight-ounce kurper (tilapia), taken by Mr. 
Harvey, of the trout hatchery. This fish is 
probably three ounces heavier than the largest 
previously taken from the Mooi, although for 
some inexplicable reason they reach a much 
greater size in many other South African 
waters. 
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