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to get the fishes out. But I now consider every tiling to be 

 m the angler's favour -5 that he has ample room for playing 

 the fish, which may therefore be allowed to run at pleasure. 



The gorging-hook (see Fig. 6, Plate III.) is com- 

 monly double, and is well leaded at the junction of the 

 two bends ; the weight growing gradually smaller towards 

 the butts of the hooks. The laiting-needle, instead of 

 being, as heretofore, passed in at the vent, and brought 

 out at the mouth, is, in this method, put in at the mouth, 

 and brought out close under the tail. 



This kind of hook is to be put into the mouth as far as 

 possible j so that one point may be on each side, under 

 the eyes, and pointing backwards towards the tail. The 

 gimp being drawn tight, cut a very small nick in the 

 back of the fish, close to the tail, for the admission of a 

 piece of white thread, which should be passed three or 

 four times round both the bait and the gimp, tolerably 

 tight j then tied securely, and the ends cut away. This 

 is done for the purpose of keeping the bait stretched at 

 full length, so as to appear in a natural state -, which 

 would not be the case if it were allowed to recede, and, 

 consequently, to bend. 



T never sew tip the mouth of a dipping-!: ait, especially 

 when small fish, fit for that purpose, are riot easily at- 

 tainable. I feel that in this, I am perhaps attracting the 

 censure of those who angle by look, and not by brook ; 

 as also of the more expert, who probably never tried the 

 difference. It was from observing that I saved my baits 

 from much injury, I adopted my present mode. 



The angler must remark, that when a jack is hooked, 



that is, when he has pouched the bait (by which we un- 



1 6 derstand, 



