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{(ilkiij)iir, tiiS. 27(S) ure set, constnu-Tcd on the suinc in tlic l}()tliiii) {hiirktiiHi/, Inithilin/, or pKtfiiiin/). doing 

 princiiilr as nijaidar (si'i' al)ovc', ]i. MlM, Imt IriauLi'iihir, more liarni than tlio cati'li (-■an repax'. In (icrniaiiy and 

 woNcn with osiers or thin deal s|)lintcrs, and with a i)cnniai'k much nsc is made of the su-callcd al-cad 

 round wooden plug to stop the opening ut tiie narrow (i-",el-seine). eitliei- tiu; drif-rad (drift-seine, Germ. Zee- 

 end. \\'illi tlie setting of Eel-lines all our readers are, .S('«), a net for bottom-fishing, plied from a sailing-boat, 

 no doiil)t. familiar. fliey may be baited with fish, if and with a double bag as in the trawl, or the handvad 

 possible ali\e, shrimps, or \vorms. F.els may also be ! {piilsniil. hiilt-rad, inilati-iad. ov stiiirrc-nid), ]iu\]\\\m\n\e(\ 

 taken with an ordinary hand-line, baited with worms from a rowboat, and with a simple bag. Large (jr small 

 or tisli-oftal — |iylorie .appendages art' i)est — bul the seines (stiKiidnulni) are also drawn from the shore. (_)r 

 bait must lie on the liottnm. With the l-lel-spear (lji(- the tisliermeii wade out with an ah)Uji, a s(juare seoo])- 



Fig. 281. Diffc-ieut iiielliods of setting dUioii 



A. frfiiii tlip Proviii 



of I'liliiKir; I}, fri'iii I'.lckiiisc :iiul Eiisteni Scania, .\fter Lundberc. 



ster, fig. 27H) much Eel is caught, both in winter and 

 summer. Where the Eel lies hidden in the mtul, or 

 among the grass or weed, air-bubl)les rise to the sur- 

 face. In winter tliese bulililes stop under the ice, and 

 show the fisherman where to strike; in stuiimer lie 

 watches for them in smooth inlets, or where the current 

 is not strong, and there the Eel lies of a morning, with 

 its head turned towards the sun. The fisherman thus 

 knows where to [tlunge his spear so as to transtix the 

 Eel, even without seeing it. In many places, as in the 

 island-belt of Blekinge", the Eel-spearer strikes blindly 



net, which one of them holds on the bottom, while the 

 other splashes in front of liim, to drive the Eels into 

 the net. But the most valuable Eel-fisheries depend on 

 the migrations of the Eel in the sea. In Deiunark Eel- 

 weirs ((il(/(ird(iy) hav(! been constructed from prehistoric 

 tiutes. These are rows of stakes, or fences woven with 

 brusli (fig. 280), running straight out from the beach, 

 and with an al-ri/ssja (ho)iima) at the outer end. Or 

 there, as on the Swedish coast, only hoiiniior are used, 

 set singly or in a row, one outside the other (fig. 281). 

 These constructions have conferred names on the mi- 



■■ See Forslag till mj jtskeristadrja, Stockli. 1883, p. 94. 



