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bottom. Ledger-fishing also answers very well in sea- 

 harbours, and from the rocks. — Note, when you bait 

 with a lug-worm, pass it well up, and over the shank 

 of the hook, so that little of it remains hanging below 

 the point of the hook, or the Fish will get it off, with- 

 out being hooked. I 



Whiting. I 



"\¥hitings are very numerous around the southern 

 shore of England ;,they are angled for, generally, in a 

 boat, a few miles from the shore, but they may be 

 caught from piers, &c. When they are fished for in 

 boats, it is usual to hire a boat and a man for the pur- 

 pose ', the Boat-man finds tackle and baits, which are 

 lug-worms, a large hairy worm, dug from the sea 

 sands : to the baits I have nothing to object ; but their 

 hooks, in general, are miserably bad. After my first 

 essay, in this mode of angling, I always provided my 

 own hooks, which are the No. 1 and 2, tied to about 

 nine inches of treble gut or platted silk, with a loop 

 at the end, and I always found my account in it, gene- 

 rally killing three Fish or more to other Anglers' two, 

 when we have gone in a party, for the purpose of fish- 

 ing for Whiting, I, using my own tackle, the other 

 party the rusty Cod or Mackarel hooks of the Boat- 

 men. The line used in fishing for Whiting from a 

 boat, is a small strong cord or Mackarel line, to the 

 bottom of which is fastened a piece of lead, called a 

 dip, prepared for the purpose, to be bought at the 

 tackle-shops -, two or more hooks are used, fastened 



