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and you can have a fine point to the wire, consequently 

 you are not so liable to injure the worm when con- 

 veying it to the hole. You can bend the wire-top to 

 the shape most proper to convey your bait to a hole, 

 which is often wanted when sniggling, from the diffi- 

 culty of getting near the place where an Eel is thought 

 to be. (See the Cut of a Rod with a wire top, Thumb- 

 reel and line.) 



Heron, 



