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that we and others have sometimes practised with success, 
particularly where small jack are numerous, in ditches and 
dykes, in marshes, &c. In our worm-fishing for jack, we 
have found the brandling the most successfid of all the varie- 
ties, and our practice has usually been to employ two at a 
time on a No. 3 or 4 hook ; we however did not use the 
common wire hook, but the barbed or stronger kind, by 
which means the strength was increased, though the appear- 
ance was not rendered more formidable.' And note, that this 
kind of hook may be prudently used in all the various me- 
thods to be detailed, when single hooks of small size are re- 
quired. Use a Host correspondent to the nature of the water; 
and if that be moderately deep and at all ruffled, let the lloat 
he a small sized cork one ; but when the surface is not dis- 
turbed, use a porcupine’s quill, for the finer the tackle, the 
greater thj chance of success. Retire as far as possible from 
the banks, and strike tolerably quick, at leastafter the second 
tug is felt, by which time the jack has usually got the worm 
within the throat.” 
Live-Bait and Snap-Angling. These are favorite modes 
of sport with many Anglers, but objected to by others on ac- 
count of the spice of inhumanity with which the practice is tinc- 
tured, by attaching the live bait to the hook, in anticipation of 
a bite from the all-devouring jack. It is usually practised in 
the summer months, when the water is low and clear, and the 
game requires particular attention. The following methods 
ofbaiting, from Blaine, are sufficiently compassionate fur the 
most fastidious member of the Humane or Peace Societies. 
“ One of the most simple and least painful, is to pass the 
hook under the back (in, just eveu with the roots of its rays, 
including a small portion of its skin only, by which means the 
fish will not be materially injured, and will continue to swim 
strong, ami show itseli. In this method it has been found that 
the struggles of the fish, or eveu the Violence of the striking 
