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several kinds and a supply of wire are necessary. 
This gives one something to do on rainy or off 
days; but I believe I am offering good advice 
when I suggest that the angler lay in a supply of 
ready-made leaders, several dozen at least from 
the best makers. These will cost from fifty to 
eighty cents apiece complete. I would suggest 
that the angler have a box made by some dealer: 
which will hold the reel in the centre and on the 
sides the lines and mounted hooks. There should 
be room in this box for a revolver, several pincers, 
a set of miniature tools, — the kind which stow in 
the handle, —a flat file, a patent oiler, a piece of 
chamois skin for the reel, some sandpaper, a 
knife of bowie type, a few pipe sinkers, a brass 
line drier, some fine copper wire, a spool of silk 
for repairing, sticking plaster, and some simple 
remedy for abrasions, etc. These can be so stowed 
that the convenient “ grip ” holds all the necessary 
articles except the rod. If the angler is going 
away from well-known grounds I would suggest 
a gaff, spear, shark-line, and several hooks. On 
the reef my boat was equipped with all these ap- 
pliances and I frequently found them convenient. 
In making up such a box the novice can obtain 
the advice of the dealer, who should be familiar 
