Show the small boy goes cues lug now is tho the season when n the merry sr abber net in hand wends bends his way to his favorite fishing grounds which are mostly found at the foot of clinton ch in ton street and in the erie and brooklyn basins on rach each side of the long dock tho the Milli millious of logs that are stored there offer fishing stations for hundreds of Z anglers for the ugly look lug ing but toothsome crustacean all day naked youngsters young stars are perched on these logs log watching their bait chasing each other over the slippery lumber or diving and paddling in the water the outfit of the crabber is ia simple enough if fully equipped equip pod he carries a round purse net stretched over an iron ring some som a two or three feet in diameter at the bottom a stone is ia dropped to stretch the net when in the water the crab is a greedy feeder and not at all choice in in what it eats fish heads or chunks chunk of aalf decayed meat are fastened across the net which is dropped in the water and secured by a rope to the once in awhile it is ia hauled up and before master crab can disgorge he is out of his element and transferred to a bag or dr basket there to squirm and pinch with his fellow captives but the email boys outfit is far simpler it consists of a ion long handled bandied net and a piece of string with a chunk of carrion c rion tied to t 0 one end this is lowered into the shallow water where crabs crab j abound and once in awhile the juvenile f fisher draws the bait gently toward the surface the crab is generally too busy to do anything but feed until he is almost at the surface W when en the net is scooped under him and he is ia lauded landed with a whoop of exultation no angler for trout salmon almon or bluefish pursues his hia game in more ore intently than the crabber does but how in these burning days the youngsters can remain naked on the logs for half a day without losing losin every particle of skin is a mystery their yellow little hides bides r asem era a as impervious to the suns heat as thosa of the 1 egyptian fellahs fellars fel lahs brooklyn eagle |