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Rujfetkrvts all the Winter, and till the End 

 of ^pril, as well in Rivers as in Pools and 

 Lakes : At the fame Time the Brown fliould 

 be ufed in blackilh, and the Tawny in heathy 

 and moorifh Waters. The bright natural 

 Hair is for the Summer Sea Ton. 



When you get any Hair fit for your Pur- 

 pofe, immediately deep it la Hours in cold 

 Spring Water : Then wafh it very well from 

 Dirt, without draining any of the Hairs ', and 

 hang it up to dry 3 or 4 Days in a Kitchen, 

 but not too near the Fire. When perfedly 

 dry, put it in a Bag or Cafe, made of Parch- 

 mentj or Paper -, which lay in a Box, or Defk 

 placed in an upper Room, 



You mufl furnifli yourfelf with an Inflru- 

 ment for twijling your Lines : Then cut off 

 near an Handful of the bottom Part of the 

 Hair, which is generally weak, if not rotten.- 

 Turn the Top of one Hair to the Tail of ano- 

 ther, which will caufe every Part to be equal- 

 ly ftrong. When you make Lines, efpecial- 

 ]y 4 or 5 of the lowermoft Links, Lengths, 

 Gildards, or Toughts, (for they are ftil'd by 

 all thefe Names indifferent Places) let them be 

 of the beft Hairs, fuch as arc of equal Bignefs, 

 even, round, and clear, and free from Galls, 

 Scabs,and Frets : For one fuch Hair will prove 

 as ftrong as 3 uneven fcabby Hairs, that are ill 

 chofcn, and full of Galls, or uneven ; the for- 

 mer commonly ftretching or breaking alto- 

 gether, which Hairs of an unequal Bignefs 

 never do, but fnap fmgly, and betray the An- 

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