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ine copper wire, the number of strands depend- 
ng on the size of the small wire used. For 
Onvenience in handling, the line is wound upon 
. hand reel, which usually has'a drum 5 inches 
pr more in diameter. Wire line is used in 
reference to any other, because it helps to 
link the spoon, and the fishermen have learned 
rom experience that the hook must be trolled 
t a considerable depth. The open season ex- 
ends from June 1 to November 1. Early in 
june the fishermen use a line 50 to 75 feet long, 
ut as the season advances more and more line 
aust be used, so that by September or October 
4 line 200 feet long is sometimes used. 
Some years ago still-fishing was indulged in 
'y amateurs, but this method is no longer em- 
loyed. 
| Minnows are the standard bait, although many 
ngleworms are used. When the trout are not 
eadily tempted by these two kinds of bait, the 
jshermen resort to grubs, dobsons, and caddis- 
y larve, Formerly, canned clams were fre- 
juently used in still-fishing. 
| Most of the trout are caught along the edge 
f deep water—that is, where the water rapidly 
escends from a depth of 50 to 60 feet to a 
fepth of 200 feet or more. The best results are 
btained by rowing the boat alternately from 
hallow to deep water and back again, in a zig- 
ag course, along such a slope. Sometimes trout 
‘Te caught where the water is only a few feet 
eep, but this is a rare occurrence. Occasion- 
lly, also, they will rise to a fly, but in general 
od- and fly-fishing are not a success. Deep 
shing with the regular “jerk” line yields much 
etter results. 

{ ACCIDENTS TO DEER. 
tt THE advantage of keeping a “common-place 
ook” is sometimes impressed upon us when a 
orrespondent writes to report what he regards 
Ss a unique incident of sport or an unrecorded 
act in natural history. From this source of 
aformation, says The Field, we are often sur- 
irised to find how history repeats itself, and 
ow truly it has been said, in the words of the 
Yd Testament, that “there is no new thing 
nder the sun.” 
Deer, like other animals, are at times liable 
\2 accidents, but from the nature of the life 
hey lead, and owing to their remarkable in- 
plligence, they less frequently fall victims to a 
satastrophe than do human beings. Moreover, 
uch accidents as overtake them occur at such 
ong intervals that one has time to forget the 
etails of one before another is reported. 
‘erhaps the commonest form of accident which 
ometimes ends fatally is the interlocking of 
intlers when two deer—red stags or fallow 
ucks, as the case may be—fight together in the 
latting time. Only last autumn two fallow 
ucks were found in the New Forest with in- 
erlocked antlers, and both dead. In such a 
ase the cause of death might arise from 
roken necks, or utter prostration after a pro- 
ynged struggle, or starvation if undiscovered 
ntil too late. Some years ago, when partridge 
1ooting in high fern, we stumbled unexpectedly 
pon two bucks lying in this precarious 
osition, but promptly sending for the deer 
jeeper and a carpenter’s saw and cutting off 
ne of the tines at a critical point of entangle- 
lent, we were able to release the animals and 
ave their lives. 
Another source of danger to deer is the risk 
f getting their antlers entangled in a wire fence 
nd being held there as in a trap until they 
uccumb. In some cases an accident of this 
ind has proved fatal, but in other instances the 
nmense strength and weight of a stag has en- 
bled it to break away. We have before us at 
le moment of writing a photograph of a stag’s 
ead with several feet of wire coiled round and 
bout the brow and bay tines on both sides, 
3 well as round the beam between the bay and 
ray of the right horn. This stag, after making 
Ss escape, was shot, thus decorated, by Mr. 
‘alph Sneyd in the forest of Glenquoich. 
Some years ago a good deal of comment was 
voked by a strange accident that occurred to 
red deer in Windsor Park. The animal was 
\pund lying on his back with one of the forelegs 







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