12 SPINNING-TACKLE : 



increased in weight without rendering the 

 tackle useless. Kinking is only another 

 word for twisting; abolish twisting, and 

 kinking at once becomes impossible. 



These being the causes of the disease, the 

 cure is easy. How it is proposed to effect 

 this will be best explained by a reference 

 to the annexed diagram. It will be observed 



a Represents the trace, b the lead, and c the gut 

 or gimp by which the lead is affixed to the trace. 



here that the lead instead of resting as usual 

 on the line, hangs horizontally underneath 

 it ; and it is in this transposition that the 

 solution of the problem lies. By changing 

 the centre of gravity it will be at once per- 

 ceived that the resisting power of the lead 

 is, for the purpose in question, more than 

 quadrupled, without a grain of weight being 

 added to the tackle; the proper action of 



