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of the plate bar are filed round, and to have the 

 length of line and capacity of winch so proportioned 

 that no friction can take place between the bars and 

 line, as nothing so soon cuts a line out as contact of 

 this kind. Brass is the best material of which the 

 winch can be made, as wooden ones are apt to warp 

 and split, particularly in a hot climate. Multipliers 

 are not to be recommended. 



Bolters 



Are long, strong lines, made of stout (deep-sea) line, 

 and mounted with from thirty to six hundred hooks, 

 which must be selected and mounted with a view to 

 the description of fish sought for, snooded on strong 

 water cord, or bundles of strands served with wire. 

 Knots should be tied in the main or head line, over 

 which the snoods should be looped securely. About 

 four feet apart will be found a convenient distance 

 for the snoods, which must be just long enough to 

 prevent the hooks from reaching each other when the 

 line is tight. A large wine cork should be lashed fast 

 to the main line at every ten feet, to make it lay clear 

 of the weeds. The bolter should be laid or shot 

 directly across the coming or receding tide, and a 

 heavy stone or grapnel secured to either end, from 

 which a buoy line, fastened to a pile of cork bungs, or 

 a painted tin canister, soldered up water-tight, should 

 be made fast. This line must be strong enough to 



