proves a double incitement to robbery ; for,. when stolen*, 

 the lines are easily laid in places not frequented by the 

 owner; and even if discovered, it is neither easy to 

 prove the property, nor worth while to consider it as en- 

 titled to litigation. 



Therefore, single hooks, made fast at the eyes to good 

 whip-cord, and guarded by laying neal'd brass, or copper, 

 wire into the hollows between the strands, for seven or 

 eight inches from the eye, are on such occasions to bo 

 preferred j though they will not prove so killing as those 

 affixed to gimp. 



The reader should not forget to solicit permission from 

 the proprietor of the waters, to set night-lines - } else her 

 may subject himself to some disagreeable matters, or- 

 dained by the law as punishments for this offence. 



Those who angle during the day, must, like persons 

 shooting on manors, be warned off-, but those who snare- 

 fishes during the night , are considered as poachers., and 

 come under the statute. 



Of the Fish-Basket. 



Tliis is an indispensable article - } for it is not only un- 

 sightly, but injures the fish, when they are suffered to- 

 dab together, as they cannot fail to do when strung toge- 

 ther by the gills. 



In my opinion, the baskets in common use are calcu- 

 lated only for the reception of small fishes ; since none 

 that 1 ever saw, would allow a jack of four pounds, no, 

 nor of three pounds weight, to lay straight. I have in- 

 deed, seen gentlemen puzzled how to carry their sport 

 home, though they had good sized baskets. 



It is not easy to give any general rule for the form or 



measure- 



