not because the writer has failed to tell you, so far as mind can recall, every blamed thing that he knows about this business. Suspend them from the tip, safe from the kiddies' curious investigations, feast your eyes soulfully upon their charms, and, upon occasion, you even may take them down and fondle them lovingly; then, when the first feathered harbingers of the coming Spring begin their blithesome twitterings and not till then-haste you now to rig them up and experience that exquisite thrill of their feel in action, as you test them out on the nearest piece of greensward, if a suitable stretch of water be not conveniently accessible. And you now may say, as one having authority," if you think that an honestly hand made Split-Bamboo is worth its price; and if you agree with me that the building thereof is a poem, the perusing of which is a thing well calculated to assist in passing profitably many an hour in delightfully novel and restful diversion, oblivious to carking cares. 66 SPLIT BAMBOOS OF THE AUTHOR'S MAKE 1-Eight-foot fly-rod, 41⁄2 ounces, integral cork grasp 5-Five-and-one-quarter-foot bait-casting rod, cedar grasp, and with light and heavy tops |