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should hang clear of all embarrassments caused by the creel 
or fish carrier, and ready, of course, to be taken hold of by the 
right hand, when, at the proper moment, the rod is transferred 
to the left. 
Without occupying space by discussing the merits and 
demerits of various nets, handles, and net carriers which do not 
fulfil these requirements, let me proceed at once to describe a 
combination which does so. I call it a ‘combination’ because 
the net is the invention of Messrs. Hardy Brothers, and the 
FIG, 2, 
handle and carrier that of Messrs. Williams, Great Queen 
Street, Lincoln’s Inn. 
The net, as will be seen by the engraving (fig. 1), consists 
of two side pieces, made of flexible wood, and these when 
stretched to their proper dimensions, and so held by the 
brass socket into which the right-hand side slips, are kept 
at the regulated distance by a cord stretched between the 
two upper points. The net itself—as all nets should be, 
in order both to keep them from getting rotten, saturated 
