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which is particularly desirable, as they always set 

 true; and should the weather or accident wet 

 them, the difficulty of separating the joints, which 

 in common rods such a circumstance causes to 

 swell considerably, is avoided. 



An improvement may, nevertheless, be pointed 

 out in these rods, viz., to have the top joint spliced 

 to the fourth piece, without any ferrule. A rod 

 of this description, with two spare tops, which 

 originally cost only eighteen shillings, is, after the 

 constant use of nearly nine years, in every respect 

 as good as new, having in that interval been 

 merely varnished twice. 



The best method of obtaining a true set of the 

 rod, and avoiding the inconvenience arising from 

 weather, is to have the ferrules bushed, or ground 

 true with emery powder, in a turning lathe. 



To those persons who reside at a distance from 

 the metropolis, or have no mechanic at hand to 

 repair the accidents which may from time to time 

 happen to these implements, a description of the 

 materials and manner of forming a rod, may be 



