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LETTER XIII; 

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Dear Sir, 



The Salmon beinsc 



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powerfal fjfh. xequires great attention 

 to the preparation of your tackle, as it 

 mvift- neceflatijy be made fine and ftrong. 

 You;- rp.d^ought to be fifteen feet long ; 

 eight feet from the lower end fhould be 

 made of Riga, or. Chriitiana deal; or, 

 American pitch pine, which are light, 

 flrong, and not liable to warp; but on-. 

 310 account truft to the common while 

 deal, as it is too tender to refift the 

 violence that is oppoled to it \vhen a. 

 fiih is hopkcd. 



A reel, or winch, is indifpenfible, and 

 fhould be large enough to receive a line 

 Ht lead ninety yards long; the end of 

 which mufl not be finer than eight 

 hairs,. The lad two yards of the line 



ChoulC i 



