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This scale will be about equal to the due resistance in 

 every part of the rod. Observe, that the lowest joint, or 

 butt, of your rod, supposing it to consist of four parts, 

 each about three feet and an half long (which is an ex- 

 cellent length), will require only one ring. If it be placed 

 very close to your reel, you may carry your line through 

 it from the wider part of the reel > but in general it is best, 

 as your line winds over the barrel of the reel, to carry 

 it over the bar that rs on the side nearest to the first ring > 

 whereby it will run more freely, there being less friction, 



The rings should all be moveable, so as to lay flat when 

 not in use, except that at the tip, which should be formed 

 of a substantial piece of brass-wire, carried twice round, 

 and then lashed firmly down, one end of the wire going 

 down each side of the whalebone top for about an inch 

 and an half: the parts of the wire under the whipping 

 should be previously flattened, either by a hammer, or by 

 a file, so as to lay close and neat. 



Observe, that if the wire were doubled only 0710 e upon 

 any round form, such as a quill, or small pencil, k would 

 be nothing more than a staple f whereas, by carrying it 

 twice, it forms a perfect circle, and on every side pre- 

 sents an even surface : a matter of great importance, oil 

 account of the various directions the line is subject to take 

 after passing through the ring. 



The unfitness of all barrel-reels for packing, and the 

 total impossibility of including one in a pocket-book, 

 caused me to turn my mind to considering, how far some 

 expedient might be hit upon, answering in a more com- 

 pendious manner, without losing sight of the main object, 



The fixture of a cross stick on the butt, or of tenter- 

 fcoojks iato it ; though obviously simple, were inadmis- 

 sible 



