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riglit angles to the direction in which the tide runs, so that 

 the snood carrying the hook may be washed free from the 

 main line, and they are attached at either end to buoys of 

 cork, which carry a flag to show their position. 



Times of Fishing. — The lines are " shof at any time after 

 sunset, left for some time, and hauled in again when the 

 several directions of the wind and tide render it possible to 

 do so. A " weather-going tide,'' as it is called, is necessary 

 to enable these long lines to be hauled in, i. e. a tide which 

 runs against the wind. A "lee tide" is one running with 

 the wind, and the bulter cannot be hauled in while such 

 a combination of forces lasts. On this account much delay 

 may be experienced. 



Plymouth Bulters. — The Plymouth bulters use longer lines 

 than any other boats on this portion of the coast, but the 

 North Sea long-liners use much longer lines than they do 

 here. A North Sea bulter may be 7200 fathoms long and 

 carry as many as 4680 hooks (No. 11). 



Lines. — The lines in use here are obtained from various 

 places in Ireland and Scotland, and from London, as well as 

 from local manufacturers. They are generally used in the 

 same condition as they arrive, but they may be "barked" or 

 '' tarred." They are made of manilla or of sisal, an imita- 

 tion of manilla. 



Hoolis. — The hooks are supplied from France or from 

 E-edditch. 



Grounds Fished. — The grounds most frequented by the 

 bulters with the longest lines are situated : 



1. Far out in the Channel, from a point forty miles south of 

 the Eddystone to a point twenty to thirty miles south of the 

 Lizard. 



2. Close to the land in the region of the Lizard and even 

 round Land's End, and as far north as St. Ives. 



3. Off Start Point, from fifteen to twenty miles south. 

 These boats also visit Guernsey, Brighton, and other 



places for a few weeks at a time to carry on their trade. 



The smaller bulterers with shorter lines, shoot the latter 

 all along the coast both west and east of Plymouth Sound, 

 and round about the rocks of the Eddystone, the Hand 



