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hook, as has already been shewn under the head of dead* 

 iaits, the three hooks being spread into different direc- 

 tions, it is a thousand to one but that \htjack is hooked. 

 See Figs. 1, 3, and 4, Plate III. 



There is a peculir kind of hook made expressly for this 

 purpose, called " the double spring-snap." It is on a 

 construction admirably suited to the intention j and, if 

 in good hands, cannot fail to fix itself in the fish's jaws : 

 it is made as in Fig. 6, Plate IV. 



The size of the hooks of every description employed in 

 this pursuit, should be accommodated to the strength of 

 the line ; and both should be applicable to the growth of 

 the jacks in tiie waters where you angle. We may in the 

 long run, consider them as weighing under ten pounds j 

 though I have killed them much larger, and that too, 

 where I was assured there was not one of five pounds 

 weight. Jacks t however, are great ramblers, and I pos- 

 sibly fell in with those from a distance. 



I never killed one exceeding seventeen pounds, but 

 have seen one of twenty-five, and have heard of others 

 being taken that weighed thirty-two pounds ! Authors 

 inform us, that in the Irish lakes they sometimes rise to 

 the enormous size of seventy or eighty pounds ! ! ! 



Whatever may be the length or thickness of your line, 

 you will always find it useful to have a small swivel on it, 

 somewhere ; if within a yard of your hook, the better. 

 You should be extremely careful in your management of 

 2. jack when hooked ; for he will, if possible, run into the 

 most desperate situations, and try the strength of your 

 tackle, by various stratagems. 



Treat him tenderly, for his mouth is very hard, and 



frequently 



