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EYOlution of the Fish-Hook. — "The 



Evolution of the Fishing-Hook" has been 

 made the subject of a study by Mr. Edward 

 Lovett, who discerns the first implement of 

 the kind in the flint " gorges," and some of 

 the flints, which are called " knives," of the 

 paleolithic "finds." They were fastened, 

 perhaps, to a line of twisted vegetable fiber, 

 or to a thong of one of the whip-like marine 

 algae, by being suspended around the middle. 

 When baited, the " hook " would stand up 

 and down. Swallowed by the fish and jerked 

 up, it would be brought at right angles to 

 the line and stand across the throat of the 



