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SELECTION AND USE 



Fig. 57. 



be easily packed in a tin 

 box of small size. One of 

 the boxes used by school 

 children for lunch boxes 

 answers very well, but any 

 tin box with a lid or cover 

 will answer. As it is im- 

 portant that a record should 

 be kept of the locality from 

 which the dip was taken, 

 we carry a few slips of 

 parchment paper, one of 

 which is pinned to each 

 cloth, after the necessary 

 memoranda have been 

 written upon it with a hard 

 pencil. On returning home, 

 the contents of each cloth 

 may be transferred to a 

 separate bottle. This plan 

 saves the carrying of nu- 

 merous bottles, and the 

 water required to fill them. 

 An exceedingly coveni- 

 ent traveling companion 

 for those who are fond of 

 collecting, is shown in the 

 accompanying engraving, 

 Fig. 57. The main part 

 forms a very convenient 

 walking cane of ordinary 

 appearance. Like many 

 fishing rods, however, it is 

 hollow, and contains a sec- 

 ond rod by which it may be 

 extended to twice its length. 

 This enables the user to 

 reach the bottom of any 

 ordinary pond, and to reach 

 as far as is necessary from 



