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more for the purpose of accommodating the length of the 

 line to the extent of the water. See Fig. p, Plate VI. 



Some drive in two tenterhooks, pointing outwards, at 

 about a foot distance, on the butt of the rod 5 this answers 

 very well for jack-Jishing -, as the angler can, by this 

 simple contrivance, always give line enough for the fish 

 to run with the bait to his haunt. For the same reason,. 

 it answers well enough in dipping j but where fine tackle- 

 is used near the hook, it requires some expertncss to clear 

 the line off from the tenters fast enough to prevent danger. 

 See Fig. 9, Plate VI. 



The flat wheel, used in some parts of France, appears 

 to have many advantages 5 but, from its size, is obviously 

 inconvenient, when considered as part of a portable ap* 

 paratus. It is merely a wheel of turned wood, neatly cut 

 out in the middle, so as to render it as light as circum- 

 stances may admit (some are made of wicker-work on that 

 ijccount), fixed by a fine pivot to the butt. The wheel is 

 i,-.>p!y grooved around its circumference, like a pulley, 

 for the reception of the line. Two tenters, pointing 

 towards each other, are driven into the butt, just be- 

 yond the edges of the wheel, to keep it flat in its place. 



'I 'he wheel may be of any moderate size, but rarely 

 exceeds six inches ki diameter., qnd is turned by means o 

 a neat peg screwed into die wheel, at about two-thirds- 

 distance from the pivot to the edge. 



It is obvious, that a wheel of six inches diameter .will, 

 at one turn, give or take in a foot and an half of line, 

 which is more* than any of our brass reels, even when 

 the barrel is nearly full, can do in three turns. 



The reel should be opposite to that face, or side, of die 

 rod,, -which is furnished with rings from the reel, up to die/ 



