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as I have found them common at Mackinaw amongst the old 

 habitans, at an early period of my fishing experience. 



It is said, that Prince Eupert first taught the art of tem- 

 pering hooks, to a fish-hook maker of London by the name 

 of Kirby, who transmitted the art to his descendants, and his 

 name to the hook now so commonly used. Sir Humphrey 

 Davy and other English anglers in later years, have suc- 

 ceeded in making hooks which did them good service. 



There are other hooks kept by the tackle stores which we 

 think it unnecessary to describe here ; as, double-hooks, eel- 

 hooks, snap-hooks, sockdolagers, &c., most of which are not 

 worth the notice of the angler. 



On the plate of hooks on the opposite page,* the top row 

 represents the O'Shaughnessy. Commencing on the right, 

 the first size is No. 2, and then 4, 6, 8, and 10, in succession 

 towards the left. 



In the second row, No. 1 is a short-shanked Kirby ; No. 2 

 the old style Limerick ; No. 3 a Sneck bend ; No. 4 an Aber- 

 deen. 



The third is a row of Salmon hooks, the sizes according to 

 the standard adopted by the author of "The Book of the 

 Salmon ;" the largest is No. 4, the next No. 6, the next 

 No. 8, and the smallest No. 10. There are intermediate sizes, 

 as well as three sizes larger than No. 4, viz. : 3, 2, 1 ; but 

 they are seldom, if ever, used on this side of the Atlantic. 

 Nos. 7 and 8 being the principal sizes. 



Of the lower row, 5 is a " Shanghai," 6 a long-shanked 

 Kirby, 7 a Virginia hook, and 8 a stout short-shanked Kirby. 



The two remaining figures are Swivels ; the one to the 



* I am under obligations to Mr. John Krider (Gun and Tackle Store, 

 corner of Second and Walnut Streets, Philadelphia), for this handsome 

 ■woodcut of Hooks, which he had prepared expressly for this book. 



