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THE REF-LADA. 



with the boat, though she was at the time making good way 

 through the water. The address he displayed, indeed, was 

 to myself, who am little conversant with this kind of fishing, 

 a subject of admiration. 



. 1. 



FIG. 2. 



THE REF-LADA. 



Some fishermen, it should be observed, when taking 

 up the Lang-ref, instead of placing the Tafsar in hanks 

 of fifty or one hundred, on the boat's gunwale as usual, 

 stow them away systematically in a Ref-lada, as depicted in 

 Fig. 1 ; and by the adoption of this plan it is next to impos- 

 sible for them to become entangled. At other times the 

 fisherman, when he wishes to transport the Tafsar, ready 

 baited, to a distance, makes use of a box of a somewhat 

 different construction (Fig. 2). 



Laying out the Botten-ref, is even still more quickly per- 

 formed than taking it up ; and adepts have assured me they 

 can readily accomplish this task even when, with a stiff 

 breeze, the boat is under sail and going before the wind. 

 But then, be it remembered, the hooks are previously baited, 



