Iti BEST'S AIIT OF ANGLING. 



of green copperas, with as much verdegrese, and 

 beat them together to a fine powder, and put 

 them and the hair into alum water, and let them 

 lie in it ten hours or more, then take them out 

 and let them dry.* Hair is made brown by 

 steeping it in salt and ale. The best way of 

 forming the hair into lines, is with anew-invent- 

 ed engine, to be bought at any of the shops, 

 and is to be used (hits. To twist links with this 

 engine, take as many hairs as you intend each 

 shall consist of, and dividing them into three 

 parts, tie each parcel to a bit of fine twine, 

 about six inches long, doubled and put through 

 the hooks which impend from the machine: 

 then take a piece of lead of a conical figure two 

 inches high, and two in diameter at the base, 

 with a hook at the apex % or point; tie your 

 three parcels of hair into one knot, and to this 

 by the hook hang the weight. 



Lastly. Take a common bottle cork, and 

 into the sides, at equal distances, cut three 



frooves ; and placing it so as to receive each 

 ivision of hairs, begin to twist. You will then 

 find the links twist with great evenness at the 

 lead ; as it grows tighter shift the cork a little 

 upwards, and when the whole is sufficiently 

 twisted, take out the cork, and tie the links into 

 a knot, and so proceed till you have twisted 

 links sufficient for your line, observing to les- 

 sen the number of 'hairs in each link, in such 

 proportion that the line may be taper, 



.Never strain your hairs before they are made 



into a line, if you do they will shrink when used. 



Your links thus prepared, tie them together 



* Hair or gut steeped in gin and ink, become a curious water" 

 colour. 



