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DEEP-SEA FISHING. 



lowered to the bottom, and then moved gently up and 

 down. No bait is used ; the bright shining hooks 



Dandy-line. 



offering sufficient attraction to the fish. This Hue is 

 employed for catching herrings to be used as bait for 

 the cod-lines, and appears to be effective only when 

 the herrings are tolerably numerous close to the ground 

 about the spawning season. It is probable that not 

 much direct advantage is derived from this method of 

 fishing as it is not in very general use. 



The name "dandy "-line is not very intelligible; 



