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web of the net itself should be as high as possible from 

 the ground, and so placed as to clear the brambles 

 and other dangers. The handle is all the better for 

 being telescopic, the extension of the upper part being 

 checked by a lever key, etc. A telescopic handle is 

 most useful, as it can be used short when wading, and 

 can be at once extended when fishing from a high 

 bank. The lighter the landing-net the better, so long 

 as strength or balance is not sacrificed. Landing-nets 

 are many, and in every well-known tackle shop good 

 landing-nets are to be purchased. 



A good net I have used, and which I now use, is 

 the " Eclipse," made by Hardy Brothers, who, at my 

 suggestion, fixed a spring check on the handle. This 

 check is most convenient, as it controls the extension of 

 the inner tube, and prevents the telescopic handle from 

 extending when wading. In their recent catalogue I 

 notice this net is made without this check, but it can 

 no doubt be added if necessary. 



Farlow and Co. supply an excellent little net, 

 invented by His Honour Judge Percy Gye. It is 

 cheap, light, and very handy. The last one I used 

 was taken out of my hand by a crocodile during the 

 rainy season while netting a tiger-fish in the Sebakwe 

 River, Matabililand. 



WATERPROOFS 



Burberrys are so well known that it is hardly neces- 

 sary to emphasize the many excellent points of their 

 goods. One of the most useful articles they sell, in 



