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carefully dried after use, to keep them clean and sweet. 

 When washing them, a little carbonate of soda or carbolic 

 acid should be added to the water to destroy the " ancient 

 and fish-like smell.'" 



The best and safest basket sling is like the one furnished 

 by William Mills & Son, which consists of a broad webbing 

 band to go over the left shoulder, and a leather waist strap 

 fastened with a snap-hook, by means of which it can be 





instantly detached and the basket removed, should the 

 angler fall into deep water. It is much handier than the 

 old plan of slinging the basket from the right shoulder, 

 as the right arm is left entirely free for casting. 



Landing-Nets. 



There is no reason why the angler can not now be suited 

 in landing-nets, for they are made in every style, from the 



