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flic jaws, until the hooks can be got out through the 

 tnouth. 



In order to avoid unnecessary repetition, I must re- 

 quest my reader to look back to the directions regarding 

 live and dead ' b a -'its, where he will find many particulars 

 immediately relating to this part of the subject. They 

 are of die greatest moment, and should be completely 

 understood; else little success can be expected in jack- 

 fishing. 



I dwell a little on this point, because I hold this chap- 

 ter to relate to one of the most pleasing branches of the 

 art ; and from the conviction that a good jack-Jisher will 

 not fail, with common attention, to become expert in alt 

 the other branches. 



I shall now offer a plan for catching jacks in those 

 waters, where, owing to the borders being either long, 

 shallow marshes, or to the immense quantity of flags, 

 &c. which grow in the water, it is utterly impossible to 

 use a rod, or any ordinary tackle. My mode is peculiarly 

 applicable to those lakes and streams thus situated, but 

 which are not more than forty or fifty yards wide, and 

 whose channels or middles are tolerably clear. My in- 

 variable success enables me to recommend it to the angler's 

 attention. 



Take a strong compact line, such as is used for hang- 

 ing window-leads ; in length, equal to the utmost breadth 

 of the water you mean to fish in. At each end fasten on a 

 slight pole, about seven feet long j and on each pole fasten 

 a reel of rather a large size, so as to hold abundance of 

 line. 



Oij die cord, at about ten feet on each side of its cen- 

 tre (or in the centre, if you use only one reel)., tie a neat 

 K 3 little 



