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ginian hook not less than one-half inch across 

 opposite the barb, and as large as No. i % (Fig. 

 33). The tip-up is set in ice-fishing as shown 

 (Fig. 75). A is the line on which the hook and 



Fig. 75. Tip-Up set on the Ice. 



bait, plumbed so as to be sustained about one foot 

 from the bottom, are let down through the ice ; B 

 is the " tip-up," set obliquely, held by the chunks 

 of ice cut out of the hole ; C is the line coiled. 

 Observe how it works. As soon as a fish takes 



