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middle of die box, it being the broadest part ; but reject 

 all that are in any degree lacerated, as they will soon taint 

 the others. See Fig. 11, Plate VI. 



LEDGER (or rather LEGERE) LINES Are such as are 

 left stationary, being baited with greaves, worms, or dead- 

 laity according to the intention in regard to the kinds of 

 fishes in the waters. Legere-lines are, generally, fixed to 

 a coarse kind of iron reel, with a good extent of range, 

 from thirty to fifty yards ; and the reels fire fixed either to 

 long iron spikes which go into the ground, or may be 

 driven into a tree ; or they are riveted to short staves, of 

 which die tops are grooved, and the bottoms are armed 

 with iron, for the purpose of being fixed in the ground. 



The groove or slit at the top of the staff should be 

 small, so as to require some little exertion in the fish to 

 draw it through ; whereby it commonly happens, that 

 he forces the hook into his jaw. These lines being in- 

 tended to reach the middles of ponds, and the beds of 

 rivers, which are not accessible to a rod and line, require 

 to be well leaded. Some call them casting-lines* because 

 they must be tiirown out to the places where the baits are 

 to lay on the ground. 



These lines answer very well to be thrown out near 

 the place where you are angling, so as to be under your 

 observation ; but can only be used where the bottom is 

 clear of weeds, &:c. They are excellent on long, sandy 

 borders of diose rivers, which are shallow near their sides, 

 but are deep in their middles. 



The PATER-NOSTEK, so ca 1 ^ from the appearance it 

 makes when the baits are on, is a kind of apparatus much 



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