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sufficiently to prevent the winch from flying round 

 without controul. 



I trust, that all who are in any degree conversant with 

 mathematics, or who understand the ordinary machinery 

 of clock-work (of which this is a branch), will at once 

 decide on the superiority of my invention, both on ac- 

 count of its increased action, and the motion being 

 brought from the side into the centre. 



Of the Rod, and Reel- Line. 



Although we see very large fishes taken frequently, by 

 means of such wands as do not threaten much destruction 

 among the inhabitants of the water, yet, next to the line, 

 the rod is an object of particular consideration. It is truly 

 surprising to see many, who rate themselves among the first 

 order of anglers, neglect the due appropriation of this 

 part of their apparatus, not only to their lines, but to the 

 mode of fishing, and to the extent of the stream, &c. 



Thus we sometimes see a fly-line thrown from a stiff 

 rod, perhaps a ponderous machine of 16 or 17 feet in 

 length, adequate to the strongest salmon, when probably 

 nothing but a few dace, or gudgeons, are to be found J 

 Yet the line attached to such a rod, is often found to ter- 

 minate in a single hair, which is a matter of great pride 

 among a certain class of anglers ! 



The distinction between a &o//or-rod and a jfy-rod is, 

 nominally, known to all; but many use them very indis- 

 criminately. Each, however, is applicable only to that 

 mode of angling from which it derives its designation. 



The bottwri-icd never can cast a fly-line well, that is, 

 to any intended spot with ease, and with such lightness, 

 that even the angler himself, who knows his exact iuten- 



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