136 THEOPHILUS AND TYRO SET OUT. 



for the purpose. Make a knot at one end of 

 each, and catch it under one hitcher on each 

 joint ; if you wind these round the joints when 

 you come home at night, they will last you 

 through the season. As I can hardly admit it to 

 be a matter of little moment, let me tell you I am 

 glad to find you happen to have put the reel on 

 the right way ; namely, with the handle towards 

 the right, when the reel lies under the rod. I 

 allude to it because I observe that the two joint 

 authors of Derbyshire, have differed upon the 

 subject, and, like those who quarrelled about the 

 chameleon, it happens, 



"They both are right, tho' both are wrong;" 



the one, because the winding up should be per- 

 formed with the right hand ; while in his plan 

 it must be performed with the left : and the other 

 because his, of holding the rod keeping reel 

 uppermost, is an unnatural position for it; the 

 line is more chaffed, and also has, in case of wet, 

 an inclination to cling : or else he would imply 

 that, to wind up, it is requisite to turn the rod so 

 as to bring the reel upwards, which is not the 

 manner m which it is retained while throwing. 

 What have you done with your spare tops. 



Hej^b. — One is in-doors, the other in the hollow 

 but. 



Theoph. — Leave both at home ; you are not 



