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practical implement for freeing tbe nets of rubbish, which they invaria- 

 bly bring up with them from the water. It requires some skill and 

 practice to use this tool, but it cleans the nets much better than any 

 other used for that purpose. Strange enough, this useful implement 

 is scarcely known outside of Snekkersteeu and Skotterup. 



43. A net for catching porpoises. — This is but seldom used, and there is 

 only one such in the two fishing villages. Most fishes of the flounder 

 kind are caught in " small nets," but the halibut proves too large for 

 these. This fish is therefore caught with special halibut-hooks, (called 

 " bagger" in Danish,) or with lines. All along the sound, nearer the 

 Swedish than the Danish coast, there is found a very considerable de- 

 pression of the bottom of the sea. From Ueliugsborg, the Swedish town 

 opposite Elsinore, the fishermen call this great deep " Skraepperne. 7 * 

 This seems to be the favorite resort of the halibut. In summer one may 

 also find there large haddocks and skates. The fishing in tbese waters 

 pays very well, and most of the fish caught here are brought to the Co- 

 penhagen market. 



44. A number of halibut-lwolcs. 



45. A halibut-line. 



40. Different specimens of haddoclc catchers, (Danish, " torskepillc?) — In 

 fishing in the " Skraepperne" the fishermen are often obliged to make 

 use of this instrument for want of bait, but it is not a favorite with 

 them. 



47. A flounder-net, ready to be cast out, or, as the Danish techuical 

 term has it, to be " stoned." By holding the split peg with one hand, 

 and throwing out the stones with tbe other, the net is laid without much 

 trouble, and, sinking to the bottom, places itself in position. 



48. A buoy; a so-called herring-buoy. 



49. A grapple, or anchor. 



50. A claw. — These are of many different sizes, and are sometimes 

 used as anchors, but more frequently to search the bottom of the sea 

 for nets and other objects that have been lost. 



51. A fisher-buoy. — In the sound, where the shipping, the current, and 

 large masses of seaweeds all prove injurious to the buoys, this kind, 

 simple as it looks, has proved the most effectual in diminishing all these 

 causes of injury. 



52. A net-trough. 



53. A hundred claws, " baggers," ready for being cast out. 



54. A hundred cleft claws, hung up for drying. Of these the two fish- 

 ing villages possess an endless number. 



55. An eel-iron. — A sort of spear for spearing eel, which, however, is 

 but seldom used. 



50, 57, and 58. Different hinds ofcaufs. 

 59. Tools for man ufacturing nets. 

 GO. Apparatus for iccighing eels. 

 61. A catcher. 



