74 THE ROD. 



A three-joint rod of the kind we have endea- 

 voured to describe, and of the best possible 

 materials and workmanship, may be purchased for 

 about a guinea, and a four-joint one for about 

 twenty-four or twenty-five shillings. The prices, 

 of course, vary in different places, and many 

 " tackle-puffers " (as Stoddart aptly designates 

 them) profess to sell the best rods at something 

 less than what would really be the cost of best 

 materials. To such worthies and such wares, 

 however, we cannot be suspected of having 

 alluded. 



