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THE PBACTICAL FISHERMAN. 



I have long tried to invent a gorge hook which would still " shoot 

 headlong through the blue abyss," and yet not require the wearisome ten 

 minutes for pouching, but with little or no result. I think there has 

 been a sort of snap, which, when once struck, opened out into two prongs 

 not hooks ; but I forget the details of its manufacture, which would 

 certainly not be the case if I had seen any excellence in it. 



