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getting fast ; while at / is a small loop of wire, to 

 which as many shot-pellets are to be hung as there are 

 appended to the line, so as to act as a counterpoise to 

 the latter, and prevent the trimmer from' floating a-lag. 



The line used for these trimmers may consist of 

 three or four yards of stout hair, or hair and silk line, 

 with a couple of feet of gut next the hook ; with a 

 couple of shot-pellets, nine inches above the bait, to 

 keep it down in the water. 



Before setting these appliances adrift, the depth of 



FIG. 34. 



the pond must be ascertained in several different places 

 over which the trimmers are likely to float, by means of 

 the plummet ; then the hook and line must be passed 

 through the wire ring e, and the line wound round the 



