SUNDBIES. 



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Fig. 17. Plummet. 



coats. Wlieii forgotten, a stone, penknife, or bunch of keys 

 are sometimes made to answer the same purpose. If tlie keys 

 catch in a weed, and the line breaks, the 

 angler never afterwards forgets his plummet. 

 There are two or three machines made called 

 depth-gauges ; they answer their purpose, but 

 jjllllllllllljv I do not think them necessary, and for some 



|| llilllllllllllll reasons they are even undesirable. 



'" ™ The disgorger is a most useful instrument, 



by the aid of which hooks are inveigled out 

 of fishes' mouths. The best are made as shown 

 in Fig. 18. Either end is used, according to 

 circumstances ; usually the twisted end is 

 preferred. The line is got into the centre of 

 the twist, and the disgorger run down 

 right on to the hook wherever it is buried in the fish; the 

 line should then be twisted round the disgorger, and a turn 

 of the wrist brings the hook away — an affair of five seconds 

 where fingers are not all thumbs. It is not a bad 

 plan, in lieu of the forked end, to turn the end of 

 the wire into a ring. The disgorger can then be 

 fastened by a cord to a buttonhole, and is always 

 ready when wanted. 



Among the sundries are metal boxes for gentles 

 and other bait. These should be large, but flat, 

 to go conveniently into the pocket, and be pierced 

 with plenty of air-holes. Several neat little arrange- 

 ments for holding bait, which can be strapped on 

 to the waist, are sold at the tackle-shops and, 

 when the angler walks and fishes, will be found 

 useful. Bags are the best worm-containers. Then 

 the angler requires winders on which to keep his 

 lines, a book for hooks, or winder and hook-book 

 combined. Of these the tackle-shops offer a 

 pleasing variety, suited to all sorts and conditions 

 of men and purses. The angler should also carry a pair of 

 pocket-scissors; cobbler's wax, stored in a piece of leather or 

 small tin box; binding silk, fine but strong and varnish for 



Fig. 18. 



Improved 



Disgorger. 



