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more for the purpose of accommodating the length of the 

 line to the extent of the water. See Fig. 9, Plate VI. 



Some drive in two tenterhooks, pointing outwards, at 

 about a foot -distance, on the butt of the rod; this answers 

 very well for jack-fishing j as the angler can, by this 

 simple contrivance, always give line enough fur the fish 

 to run with the bait to his haunt. For the same reason, 

 it answers well enough in dipping -, but where fine tackle 

 is used near die hook, it requires some expertness to clear 

 the line off from the tenters fast enough to prevent danger, 

 See fig. 8, Plate VI. 



The flat wheel, used in some parts of France, appears 

 to have many advantages ; but, from its size, is obviously 

 inconvenient, when considered as part of a portable ap- 

 paratus. It is merely a wheel of turned wood, neatly cut 

 out in the middle, so as to render it as light as circum- 

 stances may admit (some are made of wicker-work on that 

 account), fixed by a fine pivot to the butt. The wheel is 

 deeplv grooved around its circumference, like a pulley > 

 i:ie reception- of die line. Two tenters, .pointing 

 towards each other, are driven into the butt, just be- 

 yond die edges of the wheel, to keep it flat in its place. 



The wheel may be of any moderate size, but rarely 

 exceeds six inches in diameter, and is turned by means of 

 a neat peg screwed into the wheel, at about two-diirds 

 distance from the pivot to the edge. 



It is obvious, dial a wheel of six inches diameter will, 

 at one turn, give or take in a foot and au half of line, 

 which is more dian any of our brass reels, even when 

 the barrel is nearly full, can do in three turns. 



The reel should be opposite to that face, or side, of the 

 rod,, which is furijished with rings from the reel up to the 



tip. 



