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HOOKS. 
O’Shaughnessy hooks in Limerick, vary from onc-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 .” 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originally made to suit the fishing south of the Delaware, 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 
action, and one too, it would appear, rather uncomfortable to 
