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of the angler's temper. But taking it all round, I do 

 not think that any one who has thoroughly tested 

 the merits of both kinds of hooks would hesitate in 

 selecting the Stewart tackle as the best to be used 

 under circumstances such as those with which we are 

 now personally concerned. 



So put on the Stewart tackle, double-hooked (for 

 the burn is small), without any shot on the cast, as the 



FIG. 4. Single hook. 



weight of the hook and its accompaniments suffices. 

 And now as to the bait. You have in your basket a 

 box of tough, not too large, brandling worms, which 

 have been for a day or two in fresh moss, and have 

 thus had time to clean and harden themselves. Also 

 you have, attached to a waistcoat button, a small 

 canvas or brown holland bag with a thin wire run round 

 the lip of its mouth, so as to keep it open sufficiently 



