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Iy break in twisting. You may make links 

 of nine and twelve hairs, which will be 

 useful for pin and hook lines, for flounders 

 and eels. 



I shall purposely omit giving receipts to 

 dye hair, from a thorough conviction, that 

 dyes (especially where copperas is used) ar 

 injurious to the hair and soon rot it; the 

 various shades of colour in sorrel hair will 

 furnish the angler with lines proper for most 

 waters discoloured by rain, or running on 

 sand or gravel, especially mixed with white, 

 and for clear waters the white alone will be 

 found sufficient. 



Lines of silk or hemp may be coloured by 

 a strong decoction of oak bark, which it is 

 believed renders them more durable, and 

 resists the water, it gives them an excellent 

 rufset brown colour, and any shade of it may 

 be obtained, by the time they remain in the 

 decoction, which should be cold. 



