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as the Jack, or as near the head as possible, like 

 the Trout ; yet the artificial tail, extending 

 beyond the sides of the body, often touch him, 

 when about to strike the bait. Finding such 

 an unaccustomed reception, he incontinently 

 retreats, leaving the sportsman disgusted at his 

 artificial baro'ain. When this tail is rendered 

 unnecessary, the first intimation the fish receives 

 of something more piquant than he expected, 

 arc the thorns of the rose, the hooks, precisely 

 what Piscator wishes. 



Xow, with the Water- witch tribe, the spinning 

 part may be made much larger than in any other 

 artificial Minnow, without risk of obtruding its 

 hardness on the sensibility of the Trout's jaws. 

 They spin all the better for being of tolerable 

 size, and proving no impediment to hooking 

 the fish, are rather to be preferred large than 

 small. 



The second great point in favour of the 

 Water-witches is — 



The arrangement of the hooks. 



The chief secret of artificial Minnow fishing 

 is, that the hooks stand ivell out from the hody of 



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