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one end by a screw to the handle plate ; through the centre of it a hole 

 is drilled for the axis of the winch. To the other end of the break a 

 screw is attached (see also Fig. 1), which passes through the handle 

 plate. The middle, or broadest part of the break, presses upon a raised 

 "jboss," formed in the middle of the fixed centre disc, and thus retards 

 the rotation of the handle plate and the axis to which it is attached. 

 There is a hole in the outer disc for oiling purposes. 



THE WINCH INSIDE FACE OF HANDLE PLATE. 



The one I use is silent and without the usual rachet or " noisy corn- 

 crake," which, in spite of its poetical associations, is alike useless and 

 injurious. In winding up line, for instance, it rouses fish by " telephoning " 

 to them in a series of maddening jars, and this serves as an inducement to 

 them to drop down rapids and even weirs. Without this rachet, the 

 mechanism is simplicity itself. I have reeled in many and many a fish 

 close to my side in the water without noticing a kick or a struggle, thus 

 saving much time when time is precious. 



The " Kelson Patent Lever " met with farther improvement in 1889. 

 By the substitution of aluminium for hammered brass the weight was 

 considerably reduced. The one I have in use, packed with 150 yards of 

 line, weighs less than twenty ounces ! Time has disproved the old axiom 

 that a heavy winch is wanted to balance a Salmon rod. This, in days 



