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especially if a Bleak or thin Roach, that when the ' 

 Jack strikes it, his teeth pierces through the flesh 

 and touches the lead ; he then immediately drops the 

 bait. Now, by removing a part of the lead as above ! 

 directed, the remainder the Angler will find to be suf- ; 

 ficientfor sinking, &c. his bait, and it will lay at the | 

 bottom of the throat, or only a little lower ; and as 

 Jack generally seize their prey by or across the mid- | 

 die, in such case his teeth seldom come in contact 

 with the lead, and he then, without fear^ retires to his 

 haunt, and soon pouches the whole. 



Having described the nature of a gorge hook, we ^ 

 will now instruct the reader how to bait the same. , 



Notice the cuts beneath this : — 



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No. 1. Gorge Hook baited. 



Gorge Hook. 



=»3. 

 3. Baiting Needle. 



To bait the gorge hook, take a baiting needle, and 

 hook the curved end of it to the loop of the gimp, (to 

 which the hook is tied;) then introduce the point of the 

 needle into a dead bait's mouth, and bring it out at 

 the middle of the fork of its tail, the lead will then 

 lie hid inside the bait's belly, and the shank of the 

 hooks will be inside its mouth, the barbs and points 



