l6 best's art of angling. 



as much verdegrease, and beat ibem together to 

 a fine powder, and put them and the hair into 

 the alum water, and let them lie in it ten hours 

 or more, then take thein. out and let them diy."^ 

 Hair is made brown by steeping it in salt and 

 ale. Tlie be^it way of forming the hair into lines, 

 is with a new-invented engine, to be bought at 

 any of the shops, and is to be used thus. To 

 twist links with this engine, take as many hairs 

 as you intend each shall consist of, and dividing 

 them into three parts, tie each parcel to a bit of 

 jine twine, about six inches long, doubled and 

 put through the hooks which impend from the 

 machine : then take a piece of lead of a conical 

 figure two inches high, and two in diameter at 

 the base, with a hook at the apexy or point; tie 

 your three parcels of hair into one knot, and to 

 this by the hook hang the weight. 



Lastly. Take a common bottle cork, and into 

 the sides, at equal distances, cut three grooves ; 

 and placing it so as to receive each division of 

 hair?, begin to twist. You will then find the 

 jinks twist with great evenness at the lead ; as it 

 grows tighter shift the cork a little upwards, iKid 

 when the whole is sufficientlv twisted, take out 

 the cork, and tie the links into a knot, and so 

 proceed till you have twisted links sufiicient for 

 your line, observins; to lessen the number of 

 hairs in each link, in such proportion that the 

 line may be taper. 



Never strain your hairs before thev are made 

 into a line^ if you do they will shrink when 

 used. 



Your links thus prepared, tie them together 



* Hair or gut steeped in gin and ink, become a cuiiows 

 water colour. 



