92 best's art of angling. 



tida, of each two drachms, mummy, finely pow- 

 dered, ditto, cummin seed, finely powdered, two 

 scruples, and camphor, galbanum, and Venice 

 turpentine, of each one drachm, and civet two 

 grains. Make them, secu/idum artem, into a 

 thimiish ointment, with tlie chemical oils of 

 lavender, aniseed, and camomiie, and keep it 

 in a narrow-moi'lhed, and well-glazed gallipot, 

 covered witli a b adder and leather, and it will 

 keep tvvo years. When you want to use it, put 

 some into a small taper pewter box, and anoint 

 your bait with it, and about eight or nine inches 

 of the line, and when it is washed off, repeat the 

 unction. Probatum est, 



" All arts and shapes, the wily angler tries, 



** To cloak his fraud, and tempt the finny prize : 



" Their sight, their smell, he carefully explores, 



" And blends the druggist's and the chemist's stores; 



" Devising still, with fancy ever uew, 



" Pastes, oils, and unguents, of each scent and hue." 



HOTF TO MAKE FISH HOOKS. 



In order to make a good hook, there are re- 

 quisite a hammer, a knife, a pair of pincers, an 

 iron semi-cleam, ajiie, a n^rest, a bender, tongs, 

 both long and short, an afivil^ and steel needles 

 of diiTerent sizes. Heat a needle of the size you 

 want, in a charcoal fire, and raise the beard with 

 your knife, then let it cool. Sharpen the point, 

 either with a file or on a grindstone, then put it 

 into the fire again, and bend it into what shape 

 you please; make the upper part of the shank 

 four square, and file the edges smooth, then put 

 it into the fire a third time, and heat it gently: 

 take it out suddenly and plunge it into water, and 

 your operation is finished. 



