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ufed, that the Pith maybe all confumed. If 

 you want them fooner, place them upright 

 in a Chimney, but not too near the Fire, nor 

 for above lo Days : Then boil them in a large 

 Copper •, llraiten and dry them again •, and in 

 two or three Months they will be fit for Ufe. 

 In the making up your Rods, obferve thefe 

 Dire(ftions. 



For the Ground Ayigle^ efpecially in muddy 

 Waters, the Cane or Reed is preferred for a 

 Stock. It fhould be 3 Yards and a half long, 

 with a Top of Hazle, confifting of one, two, 

 or three Pieces, all of them together two Yards, 

 or one Yard and a half long at leaft, includ- 

 ing the Whalebone. Your Rod will then be 

 in all five Yards and a half or five Yards long, 

 at leaft. The Stiffnefs of the Cane is helped 

 by the Length and Strength of the Top, the 

 pliant and regular Bending of which preferves 

 the Line. 



Having got an Hazle Top, made of your 

 defired Length, cut off five or fix Inches of 

 the linall End : Then piece neatly to the re- 

 maining Part, a fmall Piece of round, fmooth, 

 and taper Whalebone, of five or fix Inches 

 long, and whip it to the Hazle with ftrong 

 Silk, well rubbed with the beft Shoemaker's 

 Wax. At the Top of the Whalebone whip a- 

 narrow, but ftrong Noofe of Hair, with waxed 

 Silk, to put your Line to. 



For the Vly- Anglings or Running Line, in a 

 clear Water for Trout, Grayling, or Salmon- 

 Smelt, the Rod fhould be of feveral Pieces of 



Hazle^ 



