CHAIN LINES FOR EELS. 



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of a Large bed of weeds to lay lines iri;, and they are 

 generally well paid for their trouble 3 and those who 

 lay twenty hooks baited, and each hook fastened to a 

 single line, will take more Eels than those who lay 

 twice the number of baited hooks, fastened to a chain 

 line. — Note, when chain lines are laid, there is no occa- 

 sion for bullets on the lines, because the bricks or 

 turfs keep them in their places, which is on the bot- 

 tom or ground. — (See the Cut.) 



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Chain Line. 



The Chain Line is so named, from having a number 

 of hooks baited and tied to it, and is fitted in the fol- 

 lowing manner : take from twelve to twenty yards, 

 according to the number of hooks you intend to fasten 

 to it, of stout cord, about the size of line which sash 

 windows are hung with ; these sash lines are used by 

 some Anglers 3 others use thin clothes' lines, or roast- 

 ing jack line, either of which will do : fasten one end 

 of the line by a loop to a brick, or a piece of square 

 turf, cut from a field or bank (See the Cut) : the hooks 

 which you intend to bait should be tied to about half 

 a yard, or less, of trolling line, gimp, platted Dutch 

 twine, breeches-makers' thread, or some other strong 

 thin cord, and baited in the same manner as already 

 described for the single, or peg-line, fastening the 



