proves a double incitement to robbery ; for, when stolon, 

 the lines are easily laid in places not frequented by the 

 owner j and even if discovered, it is neither easy to 

 prove the property, nor worth while to consider it a? en- 

 titled to litigation. 



Therefore, single hooks, made fast at the eyes to good 

 whip-cord, and guarded by laying neal'd brass, or copper, 

 wire into the hollows between the strands, for seven or 

 eight inches from the eye, are on sucli occasions to he 

 preferred ; though they will not prove so killing as those 

 affixed to gimp. 



The reader should not forget to solicit permission from 

 the proprietor of the waters, to set night-lines ; else he 

 may subject himself to some disagreeable matters, or- 

 dained by the law as punishments for this offence. 



Those who angle during the day, must, like persons 

 shooting on manors, be ivarncd off', but those who snare 

 fishes during the night, are considered as poachers, and 

 come under the statute. 



Of the Fish-Basket. 



This is an indispensable article ,- for it is not only un- 

 sightly, but injures the iish, when they are suffered to 

 dab together, as they cannot fail to do when strung toge- 

 ther by die gills. 



In my opinion, the baskets in common use are calcu- 

 lated only for the reception of small fishes ; since none 

 that I ever saw, would allow a jack of four pounds, no, 

 nor of three pounds weight, to lay straight. I have in- 

 deed, seen gentlemen puzzled how to carry their sport 

 home, though they had good sized baskets. 



It is not easy to give any general rule for the form or 



measure- 



