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patience sadly to the test, especially on a taking day. It 

 will be observed, by reference to the figure, that a, &, and 

 c, are two triangles and a pair of hooks, whipped upon 

 three separate pieces of gut, each of which has a minute 

 loop at its other end to apply to the hook of the swivel 

 e, while d is a belly-lead placed upon the piece c. 



To apply it to the bait, detach the loops from the 

 swivel, and withdraw the hook c from the belly-lead, 

 and taking a baiting-needle, attach c to it by the loop- 

 insert it into the fork of the tail, or rather a little on one 

 side and above it, according to the size of the bait (cal- 

 culating that when the whole are attached to the swivel 

 and upon the stretch, the tail must be sufficiently drawn 

 on one side to cause it to spin freely), and bringing it 

 out at the mouth, slide the pipe-lead over it, and push 

 it down through the belly ; release the needle, and slip 

 the loop on to the swivel. Next attach the triangle & to 

 the needle, and insert it into the middle of the off-side of 

 the minnow, bring it out at the mouth, and loop the gut 

 on to the swivel. Finally, do the same with the triangle 

 a, fixing it at the junction of the head and neck, when 

 the whole is in readiness. I have no doubt some may 

 object to the swivel being placed so near to the nose of 

 the minnow, but if it is upon the smallest scale that is 

 consistent with safety, I have never found the trout de- 

 terred from running at it. And probably they may con- 

 sider it some small object which the minnow itself is 

 endeavouring to seize. 



Before quitting the subject I shall relate a method of 

 trolling with a single bait-hook, without either sinkers 



