252 Rod and Turk!,. Chapt. xviii. 



on it. You will find such a box very convenient for keeping 

 your tackle in, and for transporting it on your trips to the fishing 

 grounds, occasions on which you will sometimes find a good lock 

 .■in advantage. 



For those who prefer "barge poles" and "cables," as "Doon" 

 calls them, I have quoted above a list taken from " Barkis' " letter 

 to the "Field," dated 6th July, 1878; only let me be allowed to 

 say, I disapprove of its principles quite as much as "Doon " does. 

 Still, there are those who are wedded to "Barkis'" views, and I 

 cannot convert them, so for their benefit the list is introduced. 

 One last effort, however, I will make, — compromise by having a long 

 line, 250 yards long if you will, and stick to my pliable rod, 

 and you still may avoid "barge poles, cables, and meat-hooks." 



For 250 yards of thick Manchester Cotton Twine Spinning 

 Company's line, the winch will need to l>e 5 inches in diameter, 

 and 2\ inches broad in the bar. For plaited silk it will probably 

 have to be broader still. Be careful to particularize the line 

 your reel is to hold, for the guidance of your tackle-shop, for even 

 the Manchester cotton lines differ much in thickness, and at an 

 Indian distance you cannot easily remedy mistakes. 



In India, one commonly makes up a party for distant fishing 

 and shooting, and several rods are apt to get thrown together in a 

 corner of the tent, and when coming from the same makers, and 

 ordered after one pattern, as they would be if two or three chums 

 ordered from this book, it will be found that they are very much 

 alike, and that it is no easy job to tell the several joints one from 

 another, when starting, perhaps somewhat hurriedly, for the day. 

 It will save you some trouble, and cost nothing comparatively, to 

 have your initials cut small, at twopence a letter, on every joint of 

 every rod, and on every winch you possess, and marked pretty 

 large on the rod partition bag. Thus you will always be able to 

 pick out your own property at a glance, and will not get in 

 exchange a carelessly put away rotten line, or your friend's top 

 with a bad warp in it from ill-usage ; or, still worse, give him yours, 

 or exchange tops, that when you are a mile apart, and putting them 

 up at the river's side, are found not to tit into the second joint ! 



For those who wish me to indicate a minimum economical kit, 

 I will extract from the larger order the following: — 



