About eighteen inches of fi.rong gut, 

 or indian weed, fhould be put to the 

 end of the line, twifted three fold^ 

 \vith a fwivel, (fig. V.) to fix the 

 bottom link upon, with four or five 

 duck {hot, fplit, and fattened on it. 



To make the bottom links, there are 

 tv. r o di(lint methods; one is precifely 

 the fame form of the firft link which 

 J have defcribed for pike trolling, only 

 varying the fize of the hooks, (fig. VI.) 



The other method is, to faften with 

 a. knot, the link that the triangle is 

 whipped to, about half an inch above 

 the large hook, (fig. I.) which muft be 

 thrufl in the bait's mouth once only, 

 and out at its tail. 



As it has nothing now to prevent its 

 being wafhed down the {hank of the 

 hook, by the force of the dream, one 

 hook of the triangle mull be fixed in 

 the bait's fide, which, when drawn to 

 ;s proper place, will retain it fecurely. 

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