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before using, or even testing, such materials, soak them for a 

 few minutes, when the fact of their being trustworthy or the 

 reverse may easily be ascertained for a certainty. Gut will 

 seldom draw, however, if the extreme end is bitten or flattened. 



Oil for Hooks. Oil used for preserving hooks, swivels, etc. 

 from rust should be boiled, so that if there be any water in it 

 (as is frequently the case) it evaporates in the steam, and the 

 oil is purified. If this be not done, the hook points will often 

 suffer from rust in spite of the oil. 



Marine Glue will often be found very serviceable in covering 

 weak splices and securing ties, as it becomes extremely hard, is 

 yet elastic, and will not crack, and is quite impermeable to wet 

 even under the hardest work, which few varnishes are capable 

 of undergoing. It is difficult to lay it on neatly ; the best plan 

 is to pass a hot iron over it. 



I have now brought the angler to the end of my instructions, 

 and if I have succeeded in imparting to him any useful know- 

 ledge my end will have been accomplished. 



THE END 



