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three Lang-refvar are joined together, as is often the case, 

 they will extend in a straight or an undulating line, as the 

 case mav be, a distance of twelve or fourteen miles ! 



FIG. 1. FIG. 2. 



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THE VETTE. 



If the water be not too deep, an upright stake is placed 

 at either end of the Botten-ref, as well to keep it in its place 

 as to show its whereabouts. But should the depth be too 

 great for stakes, heavy stones are substituted ; and the spot 

 is marked by a buoy, called Vette, of which the form, as 

 seen in Figs. 1 and 2, varies somewhat. 



I have not myself assisted in laying out the Botten-ref, 

 but I have lent a hand in taking one up ; and although 

 it was blowing hard at the time, which was much against us, 

 and that some six hundred Tafsar had to be detached from 

 the line, and carefully placed aside in readiness for future 

 use, and the captured fish unhooked, yet the whole operation 

 did not occupy more than from two to three hours. In 

 point of fact, the man, whose office it was to hank in the 

 line, which was placed in coils within a large and open 

 circular basket between his feet, managed fully to keep pace 



