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Beard, Daniel Carter, 1850-1941 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 485
ablein the market. Like their fresh-water relatives, terrapins upon the ap-proach of winter leave the broader water, and, following the small inlets andditches at the headof the creeks, burythemselves in theblack salt - meadowmud. To hunt themyou should havelong rubber boots, arod as described,and… … FiG. 405.—Terrapin Hunter and Terrapin Stick. er into the mud. There you prod for him until the shovelend of your pole strikes his hard shell. Then you use thepole to shovel away the mud and the loop with which tofish him out. Terrapin over half a foot in length are called by thetrade ** counts;…
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