220 THE author's scale of hooks. 



to be regarded in a hook which is to be applied 

 to a fish's eye and mouth. But in order that 1 

 may not puzzle you so often by " sixteenths," and 

 henceforth to subdue that derisive cachinating 

 curl of your lips, you may at once note down the 

 following scale which I adopt for hooks, measuring 

 from the shank end to the extremity of the bend. 



Theophilus South's Scale of Hooks. 



In order to compare my scale with others, 

 note down also the following : — 



Sell's O'Shaughnessey's. Phillips'. 



