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bait them with gudgeons, roach, dace, or 

 minnows, (but gudgeons are best) by making 

 an incision with the point of the baiting 

 needle at the shoulder, running it under the 

 skin and out at the middle of the tail, draw- 

 ing the link after it ; the point of the hook 

 should be upright towards the back, and it 

 matters not how proud, for eels are very 

 voracious. Having baited the whole, wrap 

 them in a wet linen cloth, and put them 

 carefully at one end of your pannier,, the 

 stakes with the lines being at the ther ; take 

 them in the evening to the river, and un- 

 winding a line from the stake, peg it fast to 

 the ground near the side ; take one of the 

 links baited, put the noose of the link upon 

 the line, and drop the bait through the noose 

 upon the line; thus all is fast, without the 

 trouble of tying knots, or what is worse the 

 trouble of untying them, .after the lines have 

 been in the water. Throw the bait in a 

 good way, but not to the extent of the line,. 

 as eels will run a little before they gorge:, 

 you may lay one hundred of these lines in a 



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