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the float round ; the line pafses through the 

 eye of the wire, the top of the float is made 

 fast to the litre, hy a hoop made of the bar- 

 rel part of the quill, and rather wider than 

 the float to admit the thicknefs of the line ; 

 by means of this hoop the float may be shift- 

 ed at pleasure, according to the depth you 

 are inclined to fish; the loops may be dyed 

 red by the following method, Take some 

 stale urine, and put to it as much brazil 

 wood in powder, as will make it a deep red, 

 then take some fair water, and put ahandfiiJ 

 of salt into it, and a small quantity of argof, 

 stirring them till they are difsolved, boil 

 them over the fire in a saucepan, arid when 

 cold put in the quills well scraped, and let 

 them lie a while in it, then take them out, 

 and put them into the urine made red with 

 the brazil wood, and let them continue a 

 fortnight, when dry rub them with a wool- 

 len cloth and they will be transparent. The 

 hoops must be cut with a sharp knife or the 

 will split, 



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