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to the thick cord, near the centre of it, at about a yard 

 apart j because, when one Angler feels a run, the other 

 should immediately keep all still while the Fish pouch- 

 es : this cannot be so well done when both lines pass 

 through one pulley : and the Troller knows that if 

 Jack or Pike are not well on the feed, they will throw 

 or drop the bait from the least check or alarm ; if there 

 be only one pulley, then only one line should be used. 

 In some places, the country people get a strong small 

 rope or clothes line, and tie one or more snap-baited 

 hooks to it, and take hold one at each end of the rope, 

 and walk opposite each other, on the banks of small 

 rivers and ponds, letting the baited hooks drag in the 

 water, until they feel a bite 3 the one strikes and im- 

 mediately drags the Jack on shore, the other person 

 slacks the line he holds, while his companion is so 

 doing. 



Various other ways are practised for taking Jack 

 and Pike, by night lines, trimmers, &c. ; but such 

 methods are justly reprobated by the true Angler who 

 exercises his skill and art for amusement more than 

 profit ; therefore, I shall say but very little on this 

 part of the subject. The trimmers mostly used in 

 lakes, meers, broads, pools, and large ponds, are taken 

 up from a boat ; if the place be not too broad, you 

 ' may get them with the drag hooks, or with a large 

 stone, fastened to plenty of strong cord, being thrown 

 over the trimmer line : these trimmers are made of 

 ^strong thin hempen cord, with a hook tied to brass 

 wire (but gimp is better), and wound on a large piece 

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