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only of thin sheet brass, and solder it into a 

 nick sawn lengthways into the brass at the head 

 or thicker end. A rivet will, perhaps, answer 

 better than solder. 



To mount these, take a thick piece of gut or 

 thinner twisted, (I prefer tolerably thick salmon 

 gut, for nipvinting all minnows), bend it into 

 a loop, and tie on a triple hook (vide fig. 12. 

 Plate II.). Let the loop be of such length, as 

 that when passed through the upper of the two 

 holes, and then through the one immediately be- 

 low, you shall only hQ just able to pass the loop 

 over the hook (fig. 9.). Take hold of the hook, 

 and draw it into the position exhibited in 

 fig. 4. Plate I. Here you will observe that the 

 loop, acting as a kind of lever, keeps the hook 

 from lying flat upon the body of the bait. 

 Repeat this process with the two holes in the 

 middle, only beginning on the opposite side of 

 the brass, else would the two treble hooks be on 

 the same side. Now pass a piece of thick single, 

 or twisted sfut, throu2:h the hole near the tail 

 end. Tie it down to the brass, and then fasten 

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