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lid presents a splendid impression of the Eoyal arms of 

 Great Britain and Ireland. The case is fastened with one 

 of Bramah's patent looks, handles, eyes, &c., all double 

 gilt. The interior of the case is lined throughout with 

 the finest Genoise sky-blue velvet, the inner part of the 

 lid tufted. The hooks (as they are termed), for angling 

 and fly-fishing, are the most chaste and beautiful that can 

 be imagined. 



" The angling hook is covered with Genoise crimson 

 velvet ; the lock surmounted by a diadem of solid gold. 

 The top ornamented with the Eoyal arms of the United 

 Kingdom, richly worked and emblazoned ; and beneath 

 the shield, the rose, thistle, and shamrock. Within the 

 book are an infinite variety of artificial baits, of superior 

 imitation, together with angling rod and landing stick, 

 richly carved with Eoyal emblematical devices. The fly 

 book on the outside assimilates to the other, with this 

 difference, that the lid is surmounted with a double G. K., 

 enclosed in a semicircle of a richly embroidered wreath, 

 representing the rose, shamrock, and thistle. This book 

 is full of flies, which, although artificial, almost equal the 

 natural insects in imitation. The tout ensenible of the 

 apparatus, is the most beautiful specimen of the art, that 

 perhaps has been ever manufactured in this or in any other 

 country." 



The appearance of Blackwood's Magazine, about a quar- 

 ter of a century ago forms an important landmark in the 

 history of angling literature in Great Britain. It is im- 



