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had occasion to put it the mechanism has not appeared to work 

 quite so smoothly. The entire reel is of brass, slightly bronzed. 



For those who, desiring light reels, have a preference for such 

 as are made entirely of metal, Hardy Brothers' " Revolving Plate 

 Reel" will commend itself. 



The Inventors say : 



" The object aimed at in introducing these reels was lightness combined 

 with strength. The plates are made of fine German silver, hammered very 

 hard. The reel is much contracted, and thus gives great winding power. 

 Ratchet and bearings are of the best possible description. The reel is fully one- 

 third lighter than the ordinary brass and other reels. Fishermen know how 

 they suffer from having to carry heavy reels, and will, we believe, fully appre- 

 ciate the great advantages these reels offer. We are at present only making in 

 sizes as below : 398 2\ in. ; 399 2\ in. ; 400 4 in. ; 401 4^ in." 



Messrs. F. T. Williams are the proprietors of another very 

 pretty and serviceable light reel, the side plates of which are 



" SAFETY BOUND 



ebonite, and in order to prevent the breakages which not seldom 

 occur when this otherwise delightful material is used, they secure 

 the ebonite plates with rims of nickel silver, into which, instead 

 of, as heretofore, into the ebonite itself, the rivetting bolts are 

 screwed. 



But I will let Messrs. Williams speak for themselves : 



" The ordinary ebonite winch," say the Inventors, "was always in fault, 

 from the fact that if it received a blow it broke, and not only that, but the 

 screws were continually coming out. Ebonite winches bound with the safety 



