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lutely clogged with big beads of ice, which pre- 

 vented it running freely through the rings. Beyond 

 that we suffered little or no unpleasantness, for the 

 sport being simply magnificent and the fish feeding 

 very quickly, that alone kept us at fever-heat ; and 

 I think that on the whole we stood the cold even 

 a shade better than cither of the boatmen did. 



" It was certainly terrible hard work for them; for 

 the oars, from the broad blades right away up to 

 the very handles, were a solid mass of ice as thick 

 as a man's thigh ; and this extra weight alone, 

 combined with constantly holding the heavy 

 lumbering craft steady, in the set of a strong 

 stream, as first one and then the other angler 

 was busily employed in steering a powerful fish 

 from dangerous quarters under great drifts and 

 floes of floating ice, made an occasional stoppage 

 for the sake of warming a pannikin of strong coffee 

 over a spirit-lamp, and adding thereto a good 

 ' swig ' of old brandy, an uncommonly welcome 

 relief to the crew all round." 



There is another way of fishing for pike, viz., 

 with dcadbait snap-tackle, for which Mr. R. 13. 



MARSTON'S DEADBAIT SNAI--TACKLE. 



Marston has invented a special tackle ; it is patented 

 by Hardy, of Alnwick. It is used with a sink-and- 

 draw motion in deep water. 



To bait this tackle screw out the needle until the 



