If rightly thrown it was a deadly missile, and would fly almost as true as a rifle ball.

A rabbit or leveret could thus be knocked over; and it was peculiarly adapted for fetching a squirrel out of a tree, because, being so heavy at one end, it rarely lodged on the boughs, as an ordinary stick would, but overbalanced and came down.
From the outlook of the oak some aspen trees could be seen far up in the withy-beds; and it had been agreed that there the first essay of the stream should be made.

On arriving at these trees we paused, and began to fix the wires on the hazel rods.

The wire for fish must slip very easily, and the thinner it is, if strong enough, the better, because it takes a firmer grip.

A single wire will do; but two thin ones are preferable.