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The handle is all the better for being telescopic, the ex- 

 tension 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. 



The best net I have used, and which I now use, is 

 the " Eclipse," one 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. 



Messrs. Farlow & 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. 



Burbury's are so well known that it is hardly necessary to 

 emphasise the many excellent points of their goods. The most 

 useful article they sell, in my opinion as a fisherman, is their 



