14 



RING SCALE. 



bine all the advantages above stated ; while the whip- 

 pings will be so placed as to strengthen the rod in those 

 parts farthest from the ferrules, where it might otherwise 

 be too pliant for other portions of its length. By this 

 means we are also enabled to divide any amount of 

 strain equally over its whole length, so that no par- 

 ticular part will have to withstand more than its due 

 share of strain. And those are two very essential points 

 gained viz., an even homogeneous action of the rod 



throughout its length, 

 KING SCALE. aud a perfect division 



of strain ; securing a 

 comparative immunity 

 from fracture, in work- 

 ing a heavy fish, or 



Rings. 



Keel 8 

 No. 1 17 



2 19 



3 



Distance. 



inches from butt. 

 from reel, 

 from the last. 



4 10 



5 111 



6 15 



9 

 10 



13 



9 

 9 

 71 



'2 



10 



4f 



H 



,,14 51 

 End loop 31 



any sudden and violent 

 action. 



And permit me here 

 to suggest, that after a 

 good and efficient rod is 

 obtained, it be taken 

 due care of, and never 

 left for days, or even 

 weeks together, as I have 

 witnessed, to rear its "tall 

 form" against the outside 

 wall or on the garden 

 hedge, exposed to all 

 weathers, until it becomes 

 warped, shapeless, and 



