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CHAPTER XIV 



THE SEA FISHER IN FOREIGN PARTS 

 By WILLIAM SENIOR ( ' RED SPINNER ' ) 



So very wide a subject as this can only be treated generally. 

 Data are scarce and casual. The traveller to foreign parts, 

 however, may be recommended, in making preparations for 

 possible opportunities of sport, to assume that any salt water 

 in which he may cast anchor will be worth a trial. At 

 Singapore I met a young Englishman who had laid down this 

 theory on the chance of what it would bring, and he declared 

 that the unexpected hours of sport he enjoyed well rewarded 

 him for all the trouble he took ; indeed, he said that the 

 miscellaneous angling he had found in eastern and southern 

 seas gave him materials for a big volume, and I besought him 

 to write it for the encouragement of others. 



The outfit he had prepared in England on setting out for 

 his round-the-world expedition consisted of a variety of com- 

 mon metal spinners ; assorted hooks, some on gimp, others on 

 gut ; indiarubber baits ; a deep-sea line and a light one for 

 harbours ; a telescope gaff, and collapsible landing net. To 

 this, which occupies little space in the baggage, I would suggest, 

 a stiffish ten-foot greenheart rod, in four pieces, making a 

 package of two and a half feet. It should be somewhat like 

 the trolling rod used in pike fishing, of the best workmanship. 

 This might be kept as a reserve ; my Singapore acquaintance 



