60 THE GRASSHOPPER, 



of the best Grasshopper-fishers in England 

 — tJie best with whom I am, or ever was, 

 acquainted. My friend, in all branches of the 

 art piscatorial, is fully my equal — in this, my 

 master. Yet, with my grub just described, I 

 will average to kill ten fish out of twelve, 

 hooked; while, with the usual bait (to be 

 presently explained), even he cannot ensure 

 anything like that number. That he will kill 

 more fish than I can, I willingly admit ; for, 

 being a more expert user of the bait, he can 

 command a great majority of runs; and con- 

 sequently, out of a much larger number, must, 

 in the end, count more fins than myself. But 

 allow us an equal share of runs, and fig. 1. 

 will prove its superiority to fig. 2. ; the usual 

 mode of making this bait, and the one he uses. 

 Nor will the reader think him wrong to con- 

 tinue its use, when he learns that in three days' 

 fishing (one of those days consisting of only 

 three hours), he killed a hundred and eight 

 pounds' weight of fish ! — some Trout, but 

 chiefly Grayling. 



This bait (fig. 2.) is similar to that (fig. 1.), 



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