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end of mill tail streams, or in the shallow parts or pools of 

 water, formed from falls of water over precipices, flood 

 gates, &c. ; and in such places with a boat, you can place 

 the baited hooks to the best advantage, and you know where 

 to search for them without loss of time ; when fastened to 

 any thing moveable, you often have a great deal of trouble 

 in recovering your line, and that frequently fifty yards or 

 more from whence you have laid, and when you have 

 brought it to hand, it is such a confused mass of weeds, Eels, 

 and the slime from those which have twisted off, that hardly 

 any other than the most patient of anglers, would find 

 resolution enough to untwist or disentangle the number of 

 knots, which his line and hooks are tied in ; but this ought 

 to be done immediately, and the line cleared and washed 

 from all impurities, and carefully dried, or it soon rots. 



When you cast in the water your chain line, that is made 

 fast to bricks or any thing else, cast in the brick first 

 underhanded up the stream, and the other down or across 

 the stream ; then make a note in your pocket book of 

 something on the bank, or some other object that you may 

 readily find it again. 



When laying from a boat, fasten one end of the line 

 (having all your hooks first baited) to a stake, brick, or 

 whatever you intend ; then push off the boat, and let the 

 hooks drop in the water regularly, as the boat goes down 

 stream, until they are all out ; then fasten the other end of 



