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or five yards, to gain momentum, which indicates that 

 the fish is several yards below the surface. It is 

 reasonable to conclude that the deeper the fish is down, 

 the higher the altitude from which the plunge must be 

 made. Such at any rate was the opinion of the Belfast 



fishermen, who were thereby guided as to the depth at 

 which to set their nets.* If a plunge be risked near the 

 shore, it will be a slanting one, but even then a rock is 

 sometimes struck, which is fatal.! 



* "Natural History of Ireland," III., p. 258. 

 ■f According to Olafsen (see p. 275). 



