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hook thus baited muft or may be u- 

 fed ; and it is thus : Having faftned 

 your hook to a line,which if it be not 

 fourteen yards long, Ihould not be 

 lefs then twelve ; you are to faften 

 that line to any bow neer to a hole 

 where zPike is ? oris likely to lye,or to 

 have ahaunt,and thenwindyourline 

 on any forked ftick,all yonr line, ex- 

 cept a half yard of it, or rather more, 

 and iplit that forked ftick with fuch a 

 nick or notch at one end of it, as may 

 keep the line from any more of it ra- 

 velling from about the ftick, then fo 

 much of it as you intended ; and 

 chufe your forked ftick to be of that 

 bignefs as may keep the fifo or frog 

 from pulling the forked ftick under 

 the water till the Pike bites , and 

 then the Pike having pulled the line 

 forth of the clift or nick in which it 

 was gently faftened, will have line e- 

 nough to go to his hold and powch 

 the bait: and if you would have this 

 ledger bait to keep at a fixt place,u n- 



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