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end of the pole, is to be fixed there by the screw (c) 

 passed through the hole (&). 



The pole I have, is put together by bayonet 

 joints. A patent cord with a loop at the end is at 

 tached to the eye of the screw (c) ; the other end of 

 the cord, properly stopped, is passed through the 

 hole (a) ; the staples on each joint, and is made fast 

 through the hole in the butt of the pole, so that no 

 part can be lost. 



I am of the opinion, that the parasol joint invented 

 by Mr. Anderson, 71, Long Acre, for folding fly rods, 

 made proportionably stouter, and to slide on brass 

 ferules, is more simple, and the rake may be fixed to 

 the pole by a stout spring pin, which is more conve 

 nient for carriage than having the pin attached to 

 the rake. 



The whole may be made lighter than mine, the 

 dimensions of which I have here given. 



