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bait-fish's mouth, and sew the mouth up, (see the cut) 

 and all is ready to fasten to the trolling line. If you add 

 two more hooks to the two already described, you will 

 then have a very killing snap ; to fit which, take a piece 

 of stout gimp, about four inches long, and make a small 

 loop at one end, and then tie two hooks of the same size 

 and in the same manner as the first two ; after the first 

 two and the lead are in their places, and before the bait's 

 mouth is sewed up, pass the loop of the short piece of 

 gimp under the gill and out of the mouth of the bait, and 

 draw till the hooks are in the same situation on that side 

 as the other ; now pass the loop of the long piece of 

 gimp through the loop of the short one, and draw all 

 straight ; tie the two pieces of gimp together, close to the 

 bait's mouth, and sew that up, or you may tie the short 

 piece of gimp to the long one, instead of having a loop 

 at the end (see the cut of four hooks) if you do so, yoii 

 must pass the hooks first through the bait-fish's mouth 

 and out at the gills, instead of in at the gills and out of 

 the mouth, then slightly fix them through the bait's skin, 

 just to keep them in their places,, and when you feel a bite 

 and strike, they clear themselves, and hook firmly into 

 the Jack or Pike. 



