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OCEAN, LAKE, AND RIVER. 



A TABLE OF APPROXIMATE WEIGHTS OF FISH ACCORDING TO 

 THEIR LENGTHS. 



Length. 



Weight. 



Grayling. 



i4,¥ 

 6 



15 

 15 



4X 

 63€ 

 9,¥ 



I 

 5 



9X 

 143^ 

 5 



•>^ 



2 



5X 



8>i 

 II 

 13X 



oM 



4K 



13 

 3 



73^ 

 13M 

 4X 



43^ 

 13^ 



P^arnisk for Fly Rods. — Take as much shellac as the alcohol used will dissolve. 

 Spread evenly, dry thoroughly, put on three or four coats, and rub down with 

 rotten stone. 



2. Take three ounces best gum shellac, one and an eighth ounce gum benzoin, 

 half an ounce gum sandarach, half an ounce gum mastic, one quart alcohol 90 per 

 cent, proof; pulverize separately and add the alcohol. Put in a black bottle and 

 set in the sun, shake often, then pour off. If too thick, add alcohol ; if too thin, 

 take out the cork. Apply with linen rag. 



To ',l\iterj>roof Ftsh Z/wi-j-.— Dissolve paraffine in naphtha or benzine ; also, boil 



