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side of the island. It is supposed that a comparatively 

 little outlay would effect the purpose here, as all that 

 is necessary is to fill the interval between Gannet Kock 

 and the Point, and to form a pier or breakwater from 

 the outside of the former, so as to narrow the entrance 

 to the Cove. 



But by this time we had commenced the business 

 which had been prescribed as the chief object of the 

 excursion. All along this end of the island is excel- 

 lent ground for lobsters, and here Captain Tom had 

 sunk some thirty or more of his pots. These were in 

 succession hauled up and examined. They are set at 

 considerable distances apart, and the place of each is 

 indicated by buoys of cork, affixed at certain intervals 

 to the rope. But it was now spring-tide, and the time 

 of high-water was scarcely passed ; hence some of the 

 buoys were submerged, their length of rope being 

 insufficient for the depth of water. The position of 

 these, therefore, could not be determined ; and though 

 the captain and his man knew by the bearings of the 

 land whereabout to look out for each, they had to wait 

 for the successive " watching" of each buoy, as its first 

 appearance on the surface is technically termed, before 

 they could haul. 



The form of a lobster-pot is generally known, as 

 there are few of our rocky shores where the simple but 

 effective contrivance may not be often seen lying on 

 the beach. Their principle is that of a wire mouse- 

 trap ; they are made of strong osiers, with a rounded 

 top, the points bent inwards at the centre, so as to 



