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bamboo pole, being a rod without joints, of the same length, 
and mounted the same, with top and guides of agate or car- 
nelian; multiplying reel like I, which shall carry from four to 
six hundred feet of fine linen or silk line. Linen is the best 
for bottom fishing, but it should be made of the finest and 
strongest flax or hemp. You may use a double-gut leader, 
three fourths of a yard long, or make a leader from your line, 
which I prefer when bottom fishing for bass ranging from 
three pounds upward; then one hook only is used. Use a 
tracing sinker in the form ofa long roll or cylinder of lead, 
three fourths of an inch in diameter, with a hole for the line 
longitudinal, cutting off the weight required for a sinker; or 
let it be an oval form, as represented by G, with a swivel to 
stop it at the top end of the leader, like J. The swivel should 
be brass; all swivels for use in salt water should be brass, 
for steel is soon corroded. Thrust your lne through the 
sinker, and attach the end of your line to a swivel, and your 
leader to the other end of the swivel. This leader may be 
either linen or double gut of the silk-worm. If the latter, 
the hook will require tying or winding on with waxed thread ; 
if the former, the hook should be headed like a pin, and the 
line fastened to it by three half hitches, as if for fishing with 
menhaden bait. Shedder or soft-shell crab is preferred for 
bait; but, if it can not be procured, use shedder lobster. 
