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414 CAMPING AND WOODCRAFTget ; but fish have less choice then, and, correspondingly,are not so fanciful about their diet, whenthey have any appetite at all. Grubs may be foundin decaying tree trunks, down-logs and stumps,which you can kick open or knock to pieces. Manyinsects hibernate under logs and rocks, loose oldbark, rotting leaves, etc., and so do snails and lizards.A warm, thawing day will bring many ofthem out.If the wanderer has saved a bit of bacon, he hasfish bait ready at hand, flaving caught one fish,then he has bait for others by utilizing the "throatlatch" (the V of tough skin and tendon directlyunder the tongue), or a strip of white, glisteningfish belly, which he will skitter on the water toimitate the motions of a live minnow. If the skinof a small trout or perch is used, leave the belly finon.Night Liljes.—If one has enough stout lineand hooks, he can set out a trot-llne overnight,and stand good chance of fresh fish for breakfast.Methods vary, according to circumstances. Supposeyou are on the bank of a river, and have noboat. To one end of your line tie a stone aboutthe size of your fist. Three feet back of it tie onyour first snood, and add others at similar intervals—two,three, or more of them. The snoodis a bit of line, twelve to eighteen inches long, witha stout hook at the end of it. Coil the rest of theline neatly on the bank and tie Its near end to astake driven firmly Into the ground. Bait thehooks, as directed below. Now get a forked stickas long as a broom-handle, poke Itscrotch under thestone, and heave the line into the stream. In thisway there Is no danger of hooking your hand whenthrowing. The stick gives extra leverage; so don'tthrow too hard, or you will outrun your line andbreak It. If there Is slack line left, draw it In untilyou feel the tug of the stone anchor. Then drivea Umber stick In front of your stake, split its top,and draw your line through the split to keep all