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O'Shaughnessy hooks in Limerick, vary from one-and-six- 

 pence to four shillings sterling per dozen, and when the cost 

 of importation is added thereto, it will be found that they are 

 rather expensive. The style and shape of the best Limerick 

 hook described in Plate No. 1, when well made, and properly 

 tempered, however, give satisfaction to the majority of 

 Anglers. 



Those marked " Limerick Trout *' are in general use for 

 trout or perch; and 



Those marked " Limerick Salmon.' 1 for pickerell, bass, 

 weak-fish, salmon, or salmon trout. 



The hooks designated in Plate No. 2, as numbers 1 and 

 2, are the kinds used for black-fish, eels, and flounders. 

 Number 1 represents the ordinary round bent black-fish 

 hook, and number 2 the Virginia hook. This latter was 

 originally made to suit the fishing south of the Delaware, 

 and is highly esteemed in that region of country, where it 

 finds a large and ready sale. The numbers are the same as 

 those of the Limerick pattern. 



No. 3 represents the " Aberdeen " pattern, which is 

 made of small blued steel wire, with a perfectly round bend, 

 low point and long shank. It is used by some Anglers for 

 weak-fish, trout, salmon, and salmon trout. 



Nos. 4 and 5 are correct drawings of the " Pickerell 

 Spring Snap Hook," which the reader will notice consists of 

 three hooks. The small hook, used for the bait, is placed at 

 the top, whilst the two larger ones, made of spring steel, are 

 lower down, and slide in a groove. No. 5 shows the hook 

 at rest. The exertions used by the fish, when finding him- 

 self caught, will naturally cause him to run, (if it may be so 

 called,) and in so doing he pulls the hooks down, and thus 

 springs them, securing him more safely than could be done 

 with a common hook. No. 4 presents the hook in a state of 

 iction, and one too, it would appear, rather uncomfortable to 



