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make the holes, and a small hole once made can 

 rapidly be enlarged to any size with a saw. 



The importance of night-lines for travelling parties 

 will also be obvious. Many an excellent breakfast of 

 fish is caught in this way with a minimum of trouble. 

 The best form of night-line is like a small sea " trot" 

 or long-line, with droppers and hooks attached at inter- 

 vals upon the main line. This can be set in large 

 waters by a stone attached to each end; a cord and 

 small rush float attached to one end shows where it 

 lies, and serves to pull up the line in default of a 

 grapnell. Bits of meat, liver, or fish, and entrails of 

 birds, etc., make the bait or worms, if they can be 

 had. In some waters large trout and eels are caught 

 in this way; we have ourselves pulled up lines of this 

 kind, when nearly every hook had a fish on it. In 

 small rivers the ends of such lines can be made fast to 

 opposite banks. The current then carries the hooks free 

 and maintains them at whatever depth is considered 

 best. It is sometimes better not to let the baits touch 

 bottom. While the traveller is sleeping these lines will 

 be at work, and often a good breakfast of fish will be 

 found awaiting his attention in the morning. 



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This brings us to the conclusion of the work we had 

 laid out for ourselves, which we now respectfully pre- 

 sent to the notice of the public. The measure of success 

 which we may have achieved in the discussion of a very 

 wide range of subjects we shall leave to our readers 

 to determine. All that we shall venture to say in 



