Lf the names of inventors and tachle-makers are frequently 
mentioned in these pages, it is by no means with the intention of 
puffing the wares or manufactures of particular firms or persons, | 
but from the simple necessity, for the reader’s convenience, of 
telling him how or where he can procure what he is advised to 
use—information without which the advice would be of little 
practical advantage. Many of the recentimprovements in fishing- 
tackle, &¢., are, moreover, either patented or registered, and 
therefore the property of individuals who are also entitled to the 
credit of their inventions. 
