38 APPARATUS. 



hour, remove it from the solution, and hang it up 

 to cool for a quarter of an hour. When cool 

 wash it well in clear cold water, and dry for use. 

 I think this will be found a very useful receipt 

 for treating sea-fishing lines of all kinds, the pre- 

 serving qualities of catechu being well known. 



To make a mackerel line of hemp or flax, pur- 

 chase a hank of what is usually called mackerel 

 or whiting line, and, having seen that it is quite 

 sound, join it with a water knot (see plate show- 

 ing knots) to about two fathoms of snooding at 

 the end of the line, either silk or the finest hemp 

 that is made ; to this is then attached some strong 

 gut at least a yard in length, two or three strands 

 thick, the end being secured to the hook. When 

 whiffing, leads of various weights as sinkers (see 

 Plate III, Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4) are attached just at the 

 point of junction between the line and snooding; 

 the line then, having been wound on a reel (see 

 Plate III, No. 5), is ready for use, and with a 

 launce or last is almost sure to reward the fisher- 

 man for his trouble. Almost all kinds of fish are 

 taken with this sort of line, the strength of line 

 or gut being varied with the weight of lead for 

 either top or bottom fishing. In some cases two 



