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and that is the absence of both drag and alarm. There is 

 nothing but the lock-stop, whereby a pin in the flat brass 

 spring drops into a hole in the spool-disk. I cannot con- 

 ceive how a Kentucky angler of the olden time could be 





Fie. 21. 

 Snyder Reel. 



Fig. 22. 

 Snyder Reel Gearing. 



content to fish without an alarm spring to his reel ! I am 

 free to say, however, that of all of Snyder's reels which 

 I have seen I prefer this one, for, personally, I have no 

 use for either drag, click, alarm or lock in a multiplying 

 reel. 



Fig. 

 J. & C. Snyder Reel. 



Fig. 24. 

 Massie's Reel Gearing. 



Fig. 21. — This reel was made sometime between 1818 and 1822. 

 It is of brass, like all of Snyder's reels. It is in excellent con- 

 dition to-day. Diameter, 1% inches; length, 1% inches. 



Fig. 22. — Gearing. Brass wheel with 24 leaves; multiplies 3% 

 times. 



Fig. 23. — Brass reel stamped "J. & C. Snyder." Diameter, 1% 

 inches; length of spool, 1% inches; multiplies four times. 



Fig. 24. — Gearing of brass reel made by Charles Snyder for 

 present owner, Mr. W. W. Massie. Diameter, 2% inches; between 

 disks, 2 5/16 inches. Alarm is operated by a bent arm of steel 

 wire, which is moved by a small block attached to an outside 

 oblong slide. 



