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on another hook, so as to extend perhaps half 

 an inch beyond the extremity of the brass. 

 This done, you will have the bait, fig. 4. 



I very commonly use another and quicker 

 mode of baiting these. Tie precisely the same 

 tackle as for figs. 1. and 2. Drill only one 

 hole in the brass Minnow, and let that be as 

 near the head as possible. Pass the loop of one 

 of the sets of tackle through this hole. Press 

 that part of the loop which has gone through, 

 on a level with the hole previously drilled in 

 the wing. Perform the same operation on the 

 other side the Minnow, and with the other set 

 of tackle. With a single length of gut, looped 

 at both ends, take up and secure this arrange- 

 ment of the tackle, in exactly the same manner 

 as described in the case of the Water-witches, 

 figs. 1. and 2. {vide fig. 3. Plate I.) 



The two sets of hooks may be laid flat upon 

 the Minnow, on both sides, without employing 

 the agency of the hole near the head. But, in 

 throwing, they will become entangled every 

 moment, and lie close to the Minnow, — an 

 effect which, above all others, is to be avoided, 



