66 OBSERVATIONS 



is completely tired, but it will be some time 

 before he will suffer you to take him out 

 with the landing net, and therefore I must 

 caution you against bringing him to the top 

 of the water as soon as hooked, for being 

 exceedingly shy, he will spring and plunge 

 violently, endanger your rod and line, or 

 break the hooks if high tempered : the only 

 way of preventing such a disappointment, 

 is, to keep him in the water as deep as you 

 can. 



In angling with the minnow, various hooks 

 are made use of, that most in vogue with 

 fashionable anglers, consists of a large hook 

 as directed for perch, with two very small 

 hooks fastened back to back, to a short piece 

 of gut about two inches long, with a small 

 hook to another piece of gut something short- 

 er, to fasten the head of the minnow ; these 

 pieces of gut are attached to the link at such 

 distances, that the two small hooks may be 

 about the middle of the minnow, when bait- 

 ed and the other reach the head ; a small lead 



