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THE FOURTH DAT. 



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lying by her ; the mould or body of the minnow was cloth 

 and wrought upon, or over it, thus with a needle, the 

 back of it with very sad French green silk, and paler green 

 silk towards the belly, shadowed as perfectly as you can 

 imagine, just as you see a minnow ; the belly was wrought 

 also with a needle, and it was a part of it white silk, and 

 another part of it with silver thread ; the tail and fins were 

 of a quill, which was shaven thin ; the eyes were of two little 

 black beads ; and the head was so shadowed, and all of it so 

 curiously wrought, and so exactly dissembled, that it would 

 beguile any sharp-sighted trout in a swift stream. And this 



minnow I will now show you ; look ! here it is ;* and if you 

 like it, lend it you, to have two or three made by it ; for 



A Devil ; an Artificial Spinning-Bait for Trout. 



merits with it have been quite unsuccessful." AM. ED. Hofland (page 77) 

 says he can recommend it with confidence, having killed very large fish 

 with it. It is to be had at all our fishing-tackle shops. ED. 



1 The above is the best minnow tackle, but there should be three hooks at the 

 end instead of two. Many fish are lost for want of this. Rennie recommends 

 that on using the artificial minnow it should be smeared with fish slime. ED. 



