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red may be added, and about the same quantity of plaster- 

 of-Paris. Let it boU slowly, stir it until thoroughly 

 incorporated, and then it should be stirred until it cools. 

 A small portion must be melted in some convenient vessel 

 for use as required. This is useful if the young angler 

 aspires to the manufacture of cork 

 floats. Generally speaking, a little 

 melted sealing-wax and the tackle 

 spirit varnish, is aU that is neces- 

 sary, and answers every purpose. 

 The quills may be ornamented, as 

 in fig. 4, with coloured silk ; or the 

 quills may be dyed, or coloured 

 red; the liquid dyes sold at the 

 chemists' shops wiU form the best 

 laboratory the "natty'' angler can 

 resort to for this purpose. A 

 little vermilion or Brunswick green 

 added to the tackle varnish will 

 give his floats the brillir.nt red or 

 green tint he may wish. Though 

 the plainer and unobtrusive the 

 tackle is kept the better — green is, 

 however, better than red. On 

 broad streams the tumbler float is 

 very useful, and it is not generally 

 known. Its appearance is shown 

 in fig. 8. I never saw one sold, 

 but I have made scores for my friends, by faking out the 

 upper quiU of an ordinary rotund cork float, and adding 

 a much longer one, with a swan shot or lead pellet fastened 

 in the top. This pellet should be heavy enough to cause 



