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proofs, that they are not hung up in a hot 

 place. A dry room or outhouse where there is 

 a good draught is best. If your fishing should 

 happen to be over for the time being, put your 

 tackle past (after being thoroughly dried) in 

 the most orderly fashion possible. For our 

 own part, we have the drawer in our bookcase 

 spaced out into compartments suitable for 

 holding all our tackle, barring reels and such 

 like ; and this arrangement we find extremely 

 useful, and wonderfully convenient when we 

 wish to find anything. If, on the other hand, 

 you are out on a lengthy holiday, and have 

 time at your disposal, after putting things right 

 for the day, and for next day too, we know of 

 nothing better than a good rubber at whist for 

 filling up the evening. It must be a good 

 rubber, however, for the parlour game is neither 

 relaxation nor pleasure. Hence we would 

 advise all our angling friends to acquire a 

 thorough knowledge of the game, as only to 

 be learned with the aid of a good book on 

 the subject. Eemember that when staying 

 at some out-of-the-way fishing hotel, you 

 may be asked to form a table with good 

 players, and not to be able to hold your own 



