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may be facilitated by carefully wiping the inner ferrules with a 

 silk pocket handkerchief before putting the rod together. 

 Fig. 4 shows the joint when united. 



The only drawback that I. see to this fastening is that, 

 should either the fine outer, or 'doubled,' ferrule get dinted, or 

 damaged in any way, the joint will, of course, absolutely fail to 

 close. In order to make such a contingency impossible there 

 ought to be plugs for both halves of the joint. 



A still simpler jointure than the ' Simplex,' and one, I should 

 say, in every way most admirable and efficient, is Bernard's 

 Lock joint (see figs. 5 and 6), in which the upper ferrule, 

 furnished with a projecting ' rim,' is simply slipped "down into 

 its place and turned under a ' catch ' (attached to the lower 

 ferrule) till the rod rings are in line, by which process the 

 joints are effectually locked. This jointure is also 'water- 

 proof 



Farlow, who exhibited at the Fisheries Exhibition a joint 

 on a completely different principle — a screw ' nut ' locking the 



inner and outer ferrules — has since registered another lock-fast 

 jointing, on a new and, as it would appear, much improved 

 plan, viz. that of a movable band, &c. (figs. 7 and 8.) 



Lastly we have Messrs. Hardy Brothers' ' patent lock-fast ' 

 joint, which is thoroughly sound and serviceable, and also 

 waterproof The method of fastening the attachment is shown 

 in fig. 9 of the engraving, where the two portions of the joint 

 are seen separate, whilst fig. 10 shows the joint when locked 

 and in position. 



The spiral wire on the outside ferrule gives some additional 

 strength where most required, and Messrs. Hardy's system of 

 brazing an additional short ferrule, the same size as the outside 

 ferrule, on the top of the inside one, is a decided advantage, as 

 it strengthens the joint iust at the point where so many break- 



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