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sidered admissible, and such of my readers as may 

 visit the large rivers and lakes of distant countries 

 should know its mode of use and construction ; there 

 are also wide open reaches of brackish water which 

 are often found between high rocky cliffs or forest 

 only accessible by the use of boats or canoes, and at 

 times there will be encountered places where no boat 

 or canoe could be used, and too wide to throw across, 

 but containing the very elite of the finny race. 



Streams there are also, flowing down to meet the 

 sea, with banks so wooded that an ordinary rod could 

 not be wielded or fly delivered. Here, then, if any- 

 where, the cross line may be used, and thus it is 

 prepared : Two strong light rods, about sixteen feet 

 long, with large upright rings, are required, with reels 

 of check action and flat pattern,, each to carry at least 

 one hundred yards of prepared round plait silk line. 

 The "centre piece" is composed of a piece of line of 

 the same description, about thirty feet long; this 

 should be divided exactly in the middle, and a pair of 

 the double swivels (vide woodcut E, p. 23) securely 

 looped to the ends of the two halves, and another two 

 secured in the same way to the two extremities. 

 Mark off each half viz., the portion of line between 

 the centre swivels and each end into five equal parts; 

 at each of these points take three or four turns with 

 stout waxed silk round the line, securing the ends 

 firmly, and finishing with varnish ; these will form 

 the points of attachment for the traces, and prevent 



