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the gimp then rips away, and enables the hook to fix 

 firmly into either the Jack or Pike ; but if it be care- 

 lessly placed too deep when yoii strike^ the hook gets 

 fixed, or nearly buried in the body of the bait, instead 

 of the Jack, &c. Therefore, recollect, in baiting for the 

 snap, where the hooks lay outside the bait- fish, that 

 they are so placed as to easily clear themselves, and 

 thereby get firm hold of the prey^ but if the Angler 

 would take the trouble of introducing another hook, 

 of the same size, exactly in the same manner, under 

 the skin of the bait-fish on the other side, he would 

 then have a very neat and effective snap, and also one 

 very easily baited. — Note. You may have the second 

 hook tied to a short piece of gimp just to reach the 

 bait's mouth, and fasten it to the first piece ^ or, if 

 both pieces of gimp are long, it is of no consequence, 

 because fine tackle is not requisite when snap-fishing. 



Barb or Spear Hook, 



The shank of this hook is loaded with lead : one 

 end of it is like a dart or harpoon, the other end a 

 single hook. Introduce the barb or dart end into the 

 bait's mouth, and bring it out near the tail j the lead 

 is then in the bait's belly, and the hook just within its 

 mouth, which must be sewed up with some white 

 thread. I have noticed this hook, and given a cut of 



