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second float keeps the line from sinking into 

 the water near the bait, which is frequently 

 the case if you are a long way out; The lead 

 you use to sink the bait is called a bead, 

 being made like one, and should not be larger 

 than a pea, being threaded on your line so as 

 to fall " on the knot made to fasten on your 

 hook. The hooks for jack-fishing are of various 

 kinds, and you may see and obtain a very 

 good assortment at any of the respectable 

 tackle-shops in London ; but we shall only 

 speak of two or three kinds, which are the 

 most common and decidedly the most useful. 



Those used for live-baiting are of two kinds, 

 the single and the double ; the single hook is 

 used in two ways ; one is, to hook with it the 

 bait just below the back fin, and the other 

 way is, to hook with it the bait through both 

 the upper and the under lip. This is called 

 the live- bait -snap, because you strike at the 

 jack as soon as he begins to run away with 

 your float. If you hit him, you hit him, 

 and if you miss him, you miss him. It 

 is, not, however, in our opinion, such a 

 sportsmanlike manner of live-baiting as that 

 with the double hook ; there is not excitement 

 enough about it, neither are you so sure of 

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