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desiderata which, happily, it is now hardly necessary to insist 

 upon. In salmon reels, however (though hardly in trout reels), 

 this last point may be overdone, having regard to the con- 

 venience in carrying line in the most compact form. 



As I could not find any salmon reel completely fulfilling 

 these several conditions, I set about constructing one, and in 

 doing so unhesitatingly pressed into my service the best points 

 I could find in any existing reels, well-known or otherwise. 

 The outcome is shown in the reel figured below, in which I 



PKNNELL KEEL, FIG. I, 



believe it will be seen that the desiderated requirements are 

 combined. . > . But let me, in the first place, acknowledge my 

 indebtedness to the other inventors of whose several systems I 

 have taken advantage. 



The form of the side plates of my reel, with a rim all in one 

 solid piece of metal, is due to General Sir Daniel Lysons, 

 G.C.B. This rim not only enables the exterior end of the 

 handle to be ' guarded,' or counter-sunk, so as both to protect 

 it and prevent the line hitching round it, but at the same time 

 makes it practicable to dispense altogether with the second or 



