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well, therefore, to seek liigh up for them. As a dress 

 fur shrimping we strongly recommend a wool shirt, 

 tweed jacket and trousers, wide, felt hat, woollen socks, 

 and a pair of easy shoes in which there are plenty of 

 holes for the w^ater to run out through. A good 

 number of narrow-headed, steel nails should be driven 

 into both soles and heels, in order to prevent slij^ping 

 on the sloping rock-faces, W'hich, when coated with 

 weeds, are far more difficult to mamtain a footing on 

 than ice. Kever take a watch, keys, or a pocket-knife 

 of any value with you when you go to shrimp, or they 

 will be rusted to a certainty ; but a common knife, and 

 a good store of twine for repairs are essentials. Bags 

 and over-handled baskets are both very inconvenient 

 receptacles for such Pra\^Tis or Shrimps as you may be 

 fortunate enough to catch — the bags getting w^et and 

 hanging about you in an uncomfortable and chilling 

 manner, whilst the baskets appear to take a malignant 

 pleasure in upsetting themselves in some imcomfort- 

 able manner, whenever they are left to themselves, 

 even for a few minutes. ISTotliing is equal to the ordi- 

 nary creel carried by the river fisherman. A broad 

 piece of woollen web, such as race-horses' circingales 

 are made of, forms an excellent shoulder-strap, and is 

 far better for the purpose than leather. 



As in crab-catching, advantage should be taken of 

 very low tides, and a very sharp look-out kept for 



