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I 1-16; reel-seat, 6 inches long, i inch in diam- 

 eter; upper grasp, n inches long, diameter 

 i 3-16. Calibers: 24 inches from butt, at 

 taper, 41-64; 30 inches, 5/ s ; 3 feet > 39~ 6 4; 3^ 

 feet, 19-32; 4 feet, 37-64; 4^ feet, 35-64. 

 Ferrule, capped, welted, and serrated, 

 inches long. Middle joint: Ferrule, 

 inches long, 17-32; 6 inches from bottom, 

 17-32; 12 inches, J/ ; 18 inches, J^; 2 feet, 

 31-64; 2*/ 2 feet, 15-32; 3 feet, 7-16; 3^ feet, 

 13-32; 4 feet, >g; 4^ feet, 11-32; ferrule, 

 capped, welted, and serrated, 3^ inches long. 

 Tips: Ferrule, 2^ inches long, 21-64; 6 

 inches, 5-16; 12 inches, 19-64; 18 inches, 

 9-32; 2 feet, 17-64; iy 2 feet, 15-64; 3 feet, 

 13-64; 3^ feet > 3' 16 ; 4 ^et, 11-64; 4^ feet, 

 9-64; at top, yi inch. Tops, loose ring, steel. 

 Guides: First, agate, 5-16; balance hard steel 

 snake guides, fifteen in all. 



Bethabara Salmon Rod. Length, 14 feet 



II inches; joints, 5 feet; weight, 28 ounces. 

 Handgrasp, double, 24 inches long, other di- 

 mensions same as split bamboo. Calibers: 24 

 inches from butt, ^ inch; 30 inches, 45-64; 

 3 feet, 43-64; 3^ f eet, jHi ; 4 feet, 19-32; 

 4^2 feet, 9-16; ferrule, capped and welted, 3^4 

 inches long. Middle joint: Ferrule, 2^ 

 inches long, 17-32 diameter; 6 inches, 17-32; 



