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of an inch] in thickness, and is nearly 9 centimeters [3i inches] long, 

 the opening- measuring 3.5 centimeters [If inches]. The hook, weight, 

 and line so exactly resemble the apparatus of this kind used near 

 Bornholm and in southeastern Skane for catching salmon, that there 

 can be hardly any doubt that these hooks came from Bornholm and 

 southern Sweden. The other iron hook, which was taken from a 

 salmon caught in the Kumo Eiver, and a sketch of which is given in 

 Fig. 1, also greatly resembles the Skane salmon hook, but is somewhat 



Fig. 4. 



longer, measuring 11.5 centimeters [l^^ inches], and is made of somewhat 

 thicker wire. The end of a thick and strong hemp line, which is still 

 attached to the hook, shows that the line was of the same kind as those 

 used in salmon fishing near Bornholm, in Skane and Blekinge ; and it 

 is therefore tolerably certain that this hook likewise comes from the 

 same region of the southern Baltic. The fact that these iron hooks are 

 but rarely taken from salmon caught in our streams is probably owing 



