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have been made to me are those for which I 

 am indebted to P. S. Redfield of Providence, 

 R. L, a veteran angler. I take pleasure in 

 recommending all that he says: 



" If you will pardon me, I would like to 

 make a simple suggestion as regards gluing 

 split bamboo for rods. As you know, all labor 

 is lost and bitter disappointment follows if the 

 gluing prove defective. After various failures 

 in gluing bamboo strips together, it occurred 

 to me to devise some simple but sure method 

 of gluing, and the following glue-pot was in- 

 vented: Get a piece of common speaking tube, 

 such as were formerly used in houses to call 

 the kitchen girl to the chambers or dining 

 room. One inch in diameter is sufficient and 

 2yi feet long. On one end solder a piece of 

 brass or copper three inches square, for a, 

 base, and it is ready for the thin, hot glue 

 that has been freshly prepared in a sauce-pan 

 set in another dish of boiling water. The glue 

 should thus be well cooked say an hour 

 stirring frequently with a thin wood paddle. 



" Enough glue should be thus prepared to 

 about fill the tube. Now set the thing in a tea- 

 kettle of boiling water and the glue will keep 

 hot a very important thing for success till 

 you glue all your pieces. When through using, 



