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In this manner the wind will drive the bladder about, arid 

 give the bait good motion. 



Though jacks will take both live and dead fish, arid 

 frogs, rats, &c. yet they will at times bite freely at the 

 worm. I have often been in a ticklish dilemma, by 

 their attacking the bait intended for some of the familiar 

 tribe j. my only chance was, to make a bold effort, and 

 to .pull the partly unwelcome visitor, without ceremony 

 on ta a shallow, where I could seize on him with my 

 hands : or if I could get at my landing net, to raise the 

 jack up to the surface as soon as possible, and during his 

 struggle to get the net under him. 



I have succeeded in both ways at times, but only with 

 moderate sized fishes ; such as were under two pounds. 

 When they have been larger, I could not treat them so 

 roughly, and always had the mortification to see them 

 cut my gut, and go off with my hook. 



When I have not been able by any means to obtain 

 small fishes for bait (a thing that will now and then hap- 

 pen), 1 have l>ad recourse, and with occasional good result, 

 co another device of my own invention. 



Observing that jacks were very fond of a large bait, 

 and that they would snap at guts, &c. thrown into the 

 water, it occurred to me that a very large bait of worms 

 would answer well. Accordingly I took two pieces of 

 gimp, of equal lengths, about two feet each, and at die 

 four ends set on four very stout hooks , such as I use in 

 my snap tackle. I then doubled the two gimps in the 

 middle, and fastening on a strong swivel, fixed it to my 

 line firmly by a draw-loop. 



The four hooks were each baited with two large lol& t 

 and the whole were kept together by a tie just above 



them; 



