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TRIMMERS. 



Colonel Thornton, of sporting celebrity, used to call them- 

 never came under my observation in Sweden. 



TRIMMERS. 



We had, for instance, the Stdnd-kroJc. This consists 

 of a long and supple hazel, or other rod, somewhat stiff 

 at the top. The lower end of this rod being pointed, is 

 fixed in the ground slantingly near reeds, and must be 

 of sufficient length to reach three or four feet above 

 the surface of the water. The line, usually five to six 

 fathoms in length, is attached to a Edge * (Fig. 1 ) or to 



* A piece of hazel, or other pliant wood, of about the thickness of one's 

 finger, and some eight to nine inches in length, the extremities of which, 

 when green, are bound together with string in the form of a horse-shoe ; and 

 this form it retains when thoroughly dried. 



