16 CRAB, SHRIMP, AXD LOBSTER LORE. 



inclies from tlie extremity, a round hole is to be either 

 bored, or burnt with a hot iron. Two round wooden 

 bars of about ten inches in length, and the size of an 

 ordinary walking-stick, are now to be prepared, cutting 

 each end to fit the holes in the flat bars, so that they 

 may pass through them, and extend about two inches 

 beyond. A shoulder must be cut in each joint, in order 

 to prevent the bars from coming together ; when put in 

 place they are secured with small pins or brads ; but, 

 before fixing them, a round flat piece of cork is to be 

 run on each round bar to stick the points of the hooks 

 in; the cut on p. 15 shows the shape of the frame- 



work and the reel complete. Reels of this descri])tion 

 are much to be preferred to the common kind, on 

 account of the free ventilation they afford the lines 

 when wound on them, and the freedom from entangle- ' 

 ments insured by the cork hook-holders. The traces 

 before referred to may be used of either single, double, 

 or tiiple strands. All gut before being knotted together 

 should be steeped for ten minutes or a quarter of an 

 hour in warnij not hot, water ; the curled portions 



