THE SEAN, OR SEINE NET. 



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The partiality of fish, generally, to the hard roe or 

 ova of other fish, is well known ; and the prepared roe, 

 or pea, of the salmon is frequently used as bait by 

 anglers in this country. 



In a conversation with the late Mr. Audubon on 

 modes of fishing in America, the naturalist said, that 

 it was usual, when fishing for mackerel in the bays of 

 that country, to have on board each boat a common 

 sort of wooden mill in which some of the entire fish 

 were ground to a pulp, and this soft mass was thrown 

 by hand into the water about the nets. Another 

 mode of attracting fish is that of using fire or lights. 

 This is practised in Italy, Spain, Portugal, and in 

 America. The French also, when fishing for an- 

 chovies, to obtain greater success, light up a fire on 

 an iron grate fixed at the stern of the boat, having 

 found that anchovies will assemble about a light. 



The most common form of the scan, seine, or saine 

 net, for in each of these modes is this name to be met 



