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properly attended to, speedily make them 

 proficients in the art, and enable them, 



' To trowle for pike, dispeoplers of the lake.' 



I must begin by recommending a light, but 

 strong cane-rod, some ten or eleven feet in 

 length,* rather stiff, but yet with some little 

 pliability at the upper end. The rings should 

 be of twisted brass, and each of them suffici- 

 ently large to allow, at least, the little finger 

 to pass through them with ease. The use of 

 these will be seen presently. The lines should 

 be of about forty yards in length, so that an 

 expert troller, in a good situation, and with 

 the wind in his favour, should be able to cast 

 nearly that distance at every throw. f The 

 difficulty is, how to procure a good line. I 

 recommend those sold by Mr. Barth of Cock- 

 spur-street,:;: and who also makes up the sets 

 of trolling-hooks, which I am now about to 

 describe. The hooks, eight in number, are 

 fastened on gimp, having a loop at the end for 

 the purpose of fastening it to the swivel of one 

 end of a trace. The first hook is to be tied on 

 at about half a foot from the loop, having the 



* This rod is too short by one-half. 



t The line should be varnished, and of the same quality 

 as that recommended for fishing with the minnow, but it 

 should be somewhat shorter. 



+ Those sold by Bowness and Co., Bell Yard, Temple 

 Bar, are equally good. 



