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that I cannot doubt their absolutely superseding the latter in 

 the long run. 



Although for the sake of not doing too great violence to 

 my reader's nerves, I have here dealt at some length, and I 

 hope completeness, with the question of hooks with metal eyes 



FIG. 14. ' PENNELL-LIMERICK ' SALMON AND GRILSE HOOKS, PLAIN. 



turned up, and also needle-eyed, as those with which the 

 public mind is partially familiarised, yet were I to make a full 

 confession of faith, I am clearly of opinion that our preference 

 ought, on several grounds, to be given to loops turned down 

 and not to loops turned up. The turned-down loop certainly 

 makes it more difficult I may say makes it impossible for 



