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themfelves in the Water, you may conclude 

 that .a Scale o{ Whitings d^rt there. In this 

 Place you muft caft anchor, and prepare your 

 Fifh-tackle. You will not have occafion to 

 ufe a Rod^ which is here altogether ufelcfs. 

 Faflen one End of your Fater-nofier-line to 

 the Infide of the Boat, with half a Dozen 

 Hooks, each half a Yard diftant from the o- 

 ther.;, and having baited them vj'ixki Hairy- 

 "Worms^ if you can get them, (if not, with the 

 Loh or the Marjh^worms^) caft it into the Sea. 

 You need not wait long before you draw it 

 lip ; neither have you any Occafion to hold it 

 in your Hand, to know when the Fifh bite : 

 For as Whitings are a very greedy Fifh, 

 they will quickly gorge the Bait, and by 

 that Means make themfelves faft to your 

 Hooks. 



When you filh for Haddocks^ your Line 

 muft be deep in the Water, and your Hook 

 baited v/ith two or three Loh-worms : Your 

 Tackle muft be ftrong •, for they ftrugglc 

 hard, efpecially if chey have arrived to a tole- 

 rable Growth. 



As to the other Part of Sea-fjhing, namely 

 in a Ship under fail, your Line ought to be 

 fixty Fathom in Length, having a large Hook 

 affixed to it, and a Piece of Lead^fufficient to 

 keep it as deep under Water as poffible. 

 Your Line muft be made of Hemp, and faft- 

 ened to the Game) of the Ship. 



Cody Mackerel, and large Haddock^ are the 

 Fifb ufuaily taken this Way, and fometimes 



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