MARVELS OF FISH LIFE 



All round our ahorcs a considerable amount of fish- 

 ing is done with hunt! lines currying two or three hooks ; 

 or with comparatively long lines which lie on the bottom 

 and carry some hundreds of hooks. Few, however, 



rr.dr.r on |,ow l;ir;v u seide line fishing is conducted in 

 Mir open ?,eas. 



Long-Una steamers, fitted with every modern con- 

 venience, fish in seas beyond the North of Scotland, 

 where halibut, cod and hake abound. The fishing equ ip- 

 ment of a ** long liner " consists of several lengths of 

 lines* To these long lines, at intervals of six feet apart, 



n rr nllHclied short Inij'llis o|' lines Known :i ll n.,..,| 



Each snood carries a hook. The hooks ace baited on 

 shore with herrings, sprats, pilchards, mussels, whelks, 



scpnds or hitf worms. K;ich length us il is bailed is 

 coiled round ;iii(l round in :i lub; Mir h:iilcd coil-; :irr 



separated from each other usually with a whisk of bent 

 grass. 



As soon as the fishing ground is reached one end of 

 the length of line in the first tub is attached to a buoy 

 and then the rest is paid out. To the other end of this 

 line IH attached the length of line from the second tub, 

 nnd so on until in MM- end Mure lo Four miles o!' con 

 Iniiii'ir. Inn 1 , r:iiTvmf? one lo I wo Mioir.:md liooK-: :m 

 I. ml n Mir scji boMoni. Al \:ii'ious poinls ulon^ Ihi? 



line lirr :ill;irli(l |C:H| \\ridils :ind buo\ :.. 



'Tin- li-.lirrniMii dors not shool. his ;'<.ir 

 (iiMiinds likely l be productive of MMM! l 

 known U> linn, iind, lull IK i , dinin" Mir lirnin^ spa \\nln 



