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flaws, bored through with a hot iron, and 

 a quill put into it of a fit proportion, open at 

 each end for the line to run through ; cut 

 the cork of a pyramidical form, and make it 

 smooth with a fine file. The quill-floats 

 must carry shot enough so as to sink them, 

 that you may the better perceive the slightest 

 nibble ; and as to the cork-floats, let there 

 be sufficient shot to make them stand upright 

 in the water, when the ahot is at the bottom, 

 by which you may know when you fish there 

 or not ; for when the shot is on the ground, 

 the float will fall on one side, and not stand 

 up. When you go out a bottom-fishing, &c. 

 you should have with you different kinds of 

 lines, links, floats, and spare caps, split shot, 

 shoe-maker's wax in a piece of leather, silk, 

 a plummet to fix the depth of the water, red 

 paste, gentles in a box, worms of different 

 sorts, ground-baits, and a clearing-ring to 

 disengage the hook when entangled, by run- 

 ning-it up the rod, and gently down the line* 

 by a strong twine long enough for any such 

 purpose, to where the hook is fastened^ if a 



