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After pinchers naturally come vices. Here is Mr. James 

 Ogden's " Improved Fly Vice," which very thoroughly and satis- 

 factorily fulfils the necessary conditions; the first being that 

 it should really hold the hook so that it will not move when 

 manipulating the fly. This vice will hold, and hold fast, too, any 

 hook from No. ooo to a salmon hook. Another great advantage 

 it possesses is that the vice holding the hook can in one half second 

 be almost instantaneously raised or depressed a complete foot, at 

 pleasure ; or, equally instantaneously, turned round and fixed 

 again so as to bring the fly into the desired position. Lastly, it 

 is thoroughly strong, mechanically simple in operation, and will 

 effectually clamp on to any table not more than 2\ inches in 

 thickness. 



Hardy's leather Drinking Cups are another little condescen- 

 sion to the weakness of the flesh which have found a good many 

 encomiasts. A cup and its case figure in the cut. 



LEATHER DRINKING CUP. 



Another convenient ' notion ' an arrangement manufactured 

 by the same firm is Colonel Johnson's Rod Rack, which appears 

 to hold everything from a pipe to a salmon gaff; but how they 

 are all'kept upright in their respective resting places is not quite so 

 evident from a superficial examination of the engraving. No 

 doubt, however, they fulfil their intended object or Messrs. Hardy 

 would not sell them. 



