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in use among the country people, in places where jacks 

 abound. It consists of a stout pole of ash, hazle, &c. 

 from five to seven feet long, to which a very strong line 

 of laid-cord is affixed, about as long as the pole. To this 

 line are a number of hooks attached, perhaps ten., or a 

 dozen, by means of short pieces of whip-cord. On each 

 hook a minnow, or some such small fish, is put, as in 

 trolling ; that is, by bending it round, so that the hook 

 may pass from the mouth to the vent. 



The pater-nosier , as may be seen from the foregoing 

 description, is calculated for steep banks under which the 

 water is deep. The angler keeps moving his rod up and 

 down, nearly perpendicularly, so as to make the baits 

 play in the water; and, as they are at various distances 

 on the line, occupying its whole length, it is ten to one, 

 if a jack be near but he attacks that bait which is on his 

 own level. Some use a float. 



The country angler uses no ceremony with the jack, 

 but, so soon as he feels him bite, gives one hearty pull, 

 and thus, if the fish's jaw does not give way, cants him 

 clear out of the water. I have sometimes been much 

 amused with this rough mode of inviting the jacks to 

 dinner, which is attended with considerable success. 



The sight of so many baits as are displayed on a pater- 

 noster, must assuredly be extremely enticing, and tempt 

 many a fish that, perhaps, would not be roused into ac- 

 tion by the sight of a single minnow. 



ROVING is generally performed with a dead lait, either 

 a minnow or worms. In the former case, your hook must 

 be the same as in trolling ; but there must not be any lip- 

 hook, A very small weight, like a wedge, or cone-shaped, 



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