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[Jan. 30, 1909. 
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THE ANGLER’S WORKSHOP 
Rodmaking for Beginners 
By PERRY D. FRAZER 
A UNIQUE work, bringing the science of rodmaking up to the very moment and 
epitomizing the knowledge and experience of experts for the guidance of the 
average man. The evolution of bait-casting principles has made Mr. Frazer’s book 
supersede all previous publications on the subject. 
Every angler—young or old—who is fond of adapting his rods and tackle to his own 
ideas of what they should be, will find in this book a large fund of information gathered 
by the author in years of study, experiment and practical experience in fishing, tournament 
casting and at the work bench. He theorizes said speculates not at all. He tells “the 
how” of everything connected with rodmaking in a way that makes results certain. All 
explanations are simple and easily followed. 
Separate chapters are devoted to each of a half dozen types of bait-casting rods; to 
tarpon, surf and light salt water rods; bass and trout, salmon and tournament fly-rods. 
Complete specifications of well known types are given, and the chapter on split bamboo 
rodmaking is the most comprehensive treatise on the subject ever published. Indispen¬ 
sable in the angler’s library. 
Cloth, 180 pages, four full-page illustrations, 60 working drawings, making plain every 
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WILDFOWL IN TOWN. 
According to the Santa Cruz (Cal.) Surf, 
thousands of wild geese, probably attracted by 
the electric lights, circled over Woodland on a 
recent night, alighted upon buildings and 
collided with electric poles and wires as they 
descended to the streets. There was a dense 
fog for several hours, and the geese evidently 
lost their bearings and started for the lights. 
More swans were also attracted by the lights 
and_ settled upon the tops of buildings in the 
business section. 
At Winters there was a similar occurrence. 
Charles Eliot of that place fired a shot into a 
band of geese settling in the street in front of 
his house beneath an electric light. He killed 
nineteen of the birds with the one shot. As the 
geese, frightened by the shot, made their ascent 
they came into contact with the main lines of 
the electric light system and broke the wires, 
plunging the_ greater portion of the town into 
darkness until morning. 
DOGS IN ANCIENT EGYPT. 
In the course of his remarks at Burlington 
House recently on the recent discoveries in 
Egypt, _Mr. Hilton stated that a number of 
cemeteries of prehistoric origin had been found, 
and scattered among the graves of human bodies 
in one cemetery were found others containing 
dogs. One animal had ivory bracelets around 
its legs, several had twisted leather collars, and 
one a long leather lead attached. It was thus 
proved that even in prehistoric times these an¬ 
cient Egyptians _ kept pet dogs, the teeth of 
which, in many instances, were in very bad con¬ 
dition. being worn and much decayed, thus af¬ 
fording evidence that they had been domesti¬ 
cated and greatly pampered.—Shooting Times. 
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