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strain imposed at the same point, under like conditions, 

 upon a like single-piece un jointed rod. 



Therefore, fracture at those points should be more com- 

 mon than at others ; and that such is the fact every one 

 knows. Our theory tells us such should be the result our 

 experience shows such is the result. Therefore, it would 

 seem the theory has stood the regulation verification by 

 experiment, and that it may be safely accepted as sound. 



A dowelled ferrule must of necessity be long ; a sim- 

 ple ferrule may and should be short. Wherefore it again 

 appears the verdict must be against the dowel. 



But it may be justly urged, the simple ferrule is not 

 new ; Thaddeus Norris used it years ago, and advocated 

 it in his most excellent book " The American Angler." 

 You have had your say against the dowelled ferrule. 

 What do its adherents charge against the simple ferrule ? 



They charge that the simple ferrule will work loose and 

 throw apart, or bend, or burst open when subjected to a 

 sudden strain. It must be admitted that in the first charge 

 they have the inferential support of no less an authority 

 than Mr. Norris himself ; for though silent in words, he 

 nevertheless recommends and figures in his book ferrules 

 provided with small hooks, so that they can be lashed 

 together, obviously to guard against this accident. 



These are the standing and only objections of those who 

 favor the dowelled ferrule ; and,if answerable, they should 

 be met. They have each,however,one inherent weakpoint. 

 They are each and every one of them devoid of truth. 



What man who forms his judgment on the merits, and 

 not from prejudice and it is to such only that it is worth 

 while to appeal will for a moment think of taking a 

 poorly fitted simple ferrule of inferior material (when 



