THE TUMBLER-FLOAT. 



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each end, is made of a couple of thick porcupine quills, 

 the pointed ends of which are cut off and rejoined to- 

 gether, by inserting a piece of stout wire pointed at 

 each extremity so far into the pith of each, as in the 

 case of the wood plug, when the whole is secured by 

 spiral lappings. Fig. 30 represents this float. 



THE TUMBLER-FLOAT. 



Perhaps the most useful kind of float with which 

 we are acquainted, is the tumbler- 

 float t used in the Trent by the Not- 

 tingham anglers, although unknown 

 upon the Thames and most other 

 rivers. By its use the sportsman is 

 enabled to fish with as long a line 

 out as he can throw, instead of being 

 confined to one merely the length of 

 his rod, as in the ordinary upright 

 float. It is made thus : Fix a swan 

 quill into the base of a pear-shaped 

 piece of cork, and a short wooden peg 

 into its apex, as shown in the figure, 

 by means of cement. But previous to 

 doing so, a large shot-pellet must be 

 dropped into the end of the quill at 

 a, and secured there in its place by a 

 few drops of cement. The quill must 

 project above the cork considerably 

 more than the peg does below it. ~b Is the cap as in 



FIG. 81. 



