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only 13 uuiiccs, and carries 1 51) )'ards of line, that is to say, 42 \-ards 

 of running line " married " to a thin bark line (see page 149). 



Another contrivance to stiffen the winch has been introducer] by 

 Hardy Bros., and though it only affects the drum wiien the line is 

 drawn out, there is no question as to the adsancemenl in worth. 

 Their iimfusel)- illustrated catalogue, which can be had cm a])plica- 

 tion, gives tiie engraving, together with all i)articulars for working 

 the regulator. The same firm have a new winch called the " Silcx." 

 However, this is for spinning, and although this book is not intended 

 to descant in rii h, mellifluous verbiage on that unbending branch of 

 salmon fishing, tiic winch is by far the best of its sort I ever came 

 across. As I have thus briefly alluded to slaughtering fish by this 

 means, mention should be made of the Aerating Bait Can which 

 Mr. Basil Field has considerately |)asscd on to one of his clerks. 



This can is an ingenious invention. It keeps bait endued with 

 life during a long journey in the w;irmest weather, and thereby sur- 

 passes all others. 



