The young folk's cyclopædia of games and sports ; (1899)
Champlin, John Denison, 1834-1915, Bostwick, Arthur Elmore, 1860-1942, joint author · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 344
Fig. 32), pieces ofpointed stone about an inch long,and having a groove in the middle for the line. The bait was put on soas to cover the gorge, which turned,after it was swallowed, across thefishs gullet and held it fast. Oneof these gorges, dug up in France,was used in what is called the… … Fig. 33.—Ancient Bone Hooks, 34). The Indians of California usedhooks made of shell (Fig, 35), Onthe coast of France hooks are some-times made of thorns, and the PiuteIndians use the spine of a cactus.The Bible shows us that the use ofhook and line was known, very early,to the Jews. The question in…
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