TO PLUMB THE DEPTH. 17 



are pushed up the shank, and the whole bend of the 

 hook enters the Fish, and you have firm hold. These 

 minutiae of baiting, &c. are of singular advantage, 

 which the observing Angler will not fail to attend to, 

 and appreciate, being worthy his notice. — Note, it is 

 a bad practice to boil greaves, or soak them in boiling 

 water, for it makes them rotten, and soon fall off the 

 hook j they are certainly much longer in soaking in 

 cold or cool water, but are then much tougher. Some 

 Anglers, when they bait with greaves, alwaj^s put on 

 a gentle last to cover the point of the hook, and it is 

 no bad way. 



To plumb the Depth. 



Plumbing the depth is done in the following man- 

 iier ; if a ring plummet, pass the hook through the 

 ring, and fix the point into the cork at the bottom : if 

 I folding plummet, unfold about two inches of it, pass 

 tlib hook over its side, (as represented in the cut of a 

 folding plummet, in plate No. 3,) and then fold the 

 plummet up again ; your hook is now secured from 

 drawing away from the plummet. As success depends 

 much in angling at a proper depth, take due pains, and 

 jneasure the depth accurately, before you begin fish- 

 ing. — ^Note, when the plumb lead touches the bottom, 

 ^ Mid the top of the float is even with the surface of th^ 

 w.iter, you have the true depth. 



