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of line m a weighty winch it can be arranged thai the winch shall 

 be fitted into a belt* bo that the weight may come on the waist, 

 not the hands. But a winch with a plate of 5 inches in diameter, 

 Mini a breadth widened in ~\ inches, will hold 250 yards of 

 Manchester ('niton Twine Spinning Company's thick line, and you 

 surely cannot want more than that. But I Bee beautiful lines a 

 trifle, if anything, cheaper are also made by the Manchester ( lotton 

 Twine Spinning Company. One that I have of 60 yards tapered at 

 both ends looks perfection, and 1 sec them highly Bpoken of in the 

 Field " by correspondents, but 1 have not yet tested mine. Foi 

 rach a line a winch of 2J inches in diameter, and 1 inch broad, 

 inside incasuivnii'iit, will suffice. For heavy fish, such as Salmon 

 or Mahseer, 1 find nothing to compare^with the lines of the above 

 Company; though they are objected t<> as ten still', and Liable, if 

 badly packed, t" break like a wire. They make lilies of all suits. 

 and the one they recommend for Mahseer is their No. 5 " 16 plait 

 Egyptian enamel waterproof" at 2s. per score of yards. They 

 make this No. 5 of six sizes, to wit, 5, 4, 63, 64, 84, and 600, which, 

 for brevity sake, 1 will term No. f, No. -J-, No. -£%, No. -fa, No. ^ T . 

 ; ""' - N> "- irhf- Of these — 



No. £ is so thick that no one would think of using it except 

 when in very rough weather he wanted a specially weighty line to 

 enable him to east against a strong wind. 



\o. -f is the next thickest, and is the thickest ordinary size. 

 In their letter to me the Company call it "heavy Salmon." 



No. -Jj is the next in thickness, it is what many use for 

 Salmon and Mahseer. I suppose we may call it ordinary Salmon 

 line. 



No. ~' T . the next size, which is a trifle, only a trifle, finer must, 

 I suppose, be called light Salmon, though it is very little lighter 

 than No. ^. This is the line I have used, and prefer. It is 

 stron- enough to kill any .Mahseer in Hindustan on a rod, and 

 120 yards of it will just go comfortably into a :.'.i-iuch reel; 

 whereas, if you take the line before it, No. fe, you will want to in- 

 crease your reel to 4 inches. No. ^' T is the line I have in view 

 in my recommendations tor winches at the close of this chapter. 



No. 1 p Ti their next Bize "f this style of "16 plait Egyptian 

 enamel waterproof" is called by the Company "strong trout." 

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