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without many holes, and bore it through 

 with a small hot iron, and fit into it a 

 quill strong and straight. The larger the 

 float, the greater must be the hole and the 

 quill. Shape the cork large in the middle 

 and small at both ends, and specially 

 sharp at the lower end. Then make the 

 cork smooth on a grinding stone. And 

 for a line of one hair the size of the cork 

 should not be larger than a pea, for a 

 line of two hairs of a bean, and for a line 

 of twelve hairs a walnut ; and so every 

 line after the proportion." 



An egg-shaped cork with a porcupine 

 quill through it, made in various sizes, is 

 to this day the best float an angler can 

 use. An idea of the sizes of the leads 

 she recommends is easily and accurately 

 obtained by considering what the floats 

 she describes will carry : one float is to 

 be the size of a pea, another the size of 

 a bean, another the size of a walnut not 

 the leads, but the floats ! 



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Of these almost all that are best are 

 here recommended ; and indeed I think 

 that anglers of the present day might with 

 great advantage take a lesson from this 

 Treatyse and from Walton, and give the 

 the fish a greater variety to select from ; 



