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down, soldered or brazed together back to back, 

 three hooks are to be attached, and half an 

 inch further on, a double hook is to be tied. 

 Insert the bit of lead in the minnow's mouth, 

 and close it by passing the first hook through 

 the lips of the bait ; insert one of the barbs of 

 the triple hook on the right-side of the back 

 of the bait, at about a quarter of an inch on the 

 head-side of the back-fin; and on the same side 

 of the bait, half way between the ventral -fin and 

 the tail, fasten one part of the double hook. 

 The shanks of the hooks are to be lapped with 

 silver tinsel, in order that every part of them 

 may correspond with the silvery colour of the 

 minnow's belly. Two swivels are to be used 

 as before directed. In trolling for trout let 

 your minnows be of middling size, and carry 

 them with you alive in a small tin minnow-can. 

 Before you put them on the hooks, kill them 

 by passing a needle through the spine just 

 over the upper ends of the gill-covers. A 

 minnow that has been long dead will never 

 spin well on account of its stiffness. We are 

 acquainted with several other modes of baiting 

 with the minnow, but those two we have given 

 are decidedly the best, and we think it, in con- 

 sequence, perfect waste of time to give any 

 more. 



