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narrowing towards the top, where the lid is 

 fastened by means of a padlock, or wooden 

 peg secured to the body of the basket by a 

 piece of tape : the aperture in the top of 

 the basket ought to be sufficiently large to 

 admit, without the slightest decree of force or 

 pressure, a Trout of half a pound weight. 

 For Salmon fishers they are sometimes made 

 of a different form, with ends projecting from 

 the main body of the pannier, and so shaped 

 as to contain a tolerably well grown fish at 

 full length. 



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Every Angler ought to be furnished with 

 at least two pocket books. The one for con- 

 taining his flies is composed of parchment, 

 the leaves of which are separated at each 

 corner by pieces of cork, so that the flies 

 may be preserved from injury. The other 



