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THE SLANT-KROK. 



manufacture. But hooks were not unfrequently seen 

 of a very primitive description ; not, it is true, formed of 

 stone, as the learned tell us was the case with the ancient 

 Scandinavians, but hammered out of brass or iron-wire. In 

 Lapland, to this day indeed, the fish-hook is occasionally 

 carved out of bone, or out of a forked piece of wood- 

 more especially juniper, preferred as well for its toughness 

 as for the charm it is supposed to bear. 



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THE SLANT-KROK. 



Certain of the Swedish hooks, however, though applicable 

 to the same purpose as in England, differ somewhat in 

 form from ours. 



As for instance, the Slant-krok, answering to our 

 gorge-hook; and from its body being square instead 

 of circular, it has the consequent advantage of not turn- 

 ing round when introduced into the bait. Of the three 

 kinds of Slant-krok in use in Sweden, as above de- 



