136 SEA ANGLING. 



Largs, in the Firth of Clyde, as to take two or three 

 at a haul as fast as I could pull them up. 



The whiting pollack ' is often caught in rock-fishing, 

 and from his struggling hard he affords good sport. 

 The best baits are smelts, shrimps, muscles, cockles, or 

 worms. The line from the boat may be sixty yards 

 long, with three or four hooks at some distance apart, 

 and about half a pound of lead above the highest. The 

 Hne ought to be coiled up in the hand, and then the 

 lead thrown to a distance into the sea, as is done in 

 night-Une-fishing for trouts in rivers. 



(1) In Latin, Merlangus pollachiiis. 



