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SALMON AND TROUT. 



The Berthon l folding boat is also exceedingly well adapted 

 to fishing purposes. The Marquis of Exeter has tried several 

 different patterns of these boats, and speaks very highly of 

 them. I forget the exact weight ; but one shown at the 

 Fisheries Exhibition, seven feet by three feet, to carry two 

 persons, could be easily lifted by a small boy. 



C. W. Meiter & Co., of Gracechurch Street, also obtained 

 a prize for their folding boats, of which the smallest size draws 

 only two inches of water and is claimed to be 'unsinkable.' 

 It is about 10 per cent, more expensive than the Berthon boat. 



The last item is an appliance for clearing flies from boughs, 

 sunken roots, logs, &c., the invention of the Rev. Eardley C. 



CORDING S COLLAPSING FISHING LOAT. 



Holt, of Upper East Sheen, a thoroughly practical fisherman, 

 and a profound student of angling literature. 



The illustration on page 109 shows the apparatus reduced to 

 half the normal size. A is a fork or prong for pushing, or, as it 

 were, ' disgorging ' the fly from whatever has got hold of it ; H 

 is a strong sharp cutter, for severing an antagonistic bough 

 that is beyond reach with the hand, and c is the joint on which 

 B works, the dotted lines showing its position when not required 

 for use. The whole screws into the socket of the net or gaff 

 handle. 



1 Rerthon Roat Company, 50 Holborn Viaduct, E.C. The price of the 

 boat described is 8/. complete. 



