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HUXING

Volume 10 · 166 words · 1823 Edition

HUXING of pike, among fishermen, a particular method of catching that fish.

For this purpose, they take 30 or 40 as large bladder as can be got; blow them up, and tie them close and strong; and at the mouth of each tie a line, longer or shorter according to the depth of the water. At the end of the line is fastened an armed hook, artfully baited; and thus they are put into the water with the advantage of the wind, that they may gently move up and down the pond. When a master pike has struck himself, it affords great entertainment to see him bounce about in the water with a bladder fastened to him; at last, when they perceive him almost spent, they take him up.

HUYS, a town of the Netherlands, in the bishopric of Liege, and capital of Condrazz. It is advantageously seated on the river Maese, over which there is a bridge. E. Long. 5° 15'. N. Lat. 50° 32'.