MISCELLANEA. I / 



dyeing of feathers, is obtained by dissolving about 

 a quarter of an ounce of alum in a pint of water, 

 and slightly boiling the hair or feathers in it. 



MISCELLANEA. 

 KNOTS FOR LINES AND GUT. GUT-KNOTS. 



EVERYTHING, however minute, that conduces to 

 " fine-fishing" should not be without interest to the 

 fisherman who is not merely satisfied with doing a 

 thing passably, or even well, but who wishes to do 

 it as well as possible ; and of such minor mysteries 

 of the gentle art there are none which are of more 

 importance to the neatness and therefore fineness 

 of tackle than the mode of knotting gut. In 

 Salmon and other heavy fishing, moreover, this 

 point frequently becomes a practical matter in- 

 volving the loss or capture of fish and those 

 commonly the largest. 



I make no apology, therefore, for considering 

 this subject, in a book which it is my object to 

 make as complete as I am able on all matters really 

 essential to successful fishing. 



And first with regard to the very common prac- 

 tice of lapping the ends of the gut at each side of 

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