192 THE PAL-KROK. 



wood as thick as the thicker end of a stout stake, three or 

 four feet in length. But there is this material difference 

 between this device and the last mentioned, that whereas the 

 Klump-krok always lies horizontally on the water, one-third 

 of the Pal-krok (owing to the line connecting it with the 

 mooring-stone being shortened) stands at an angle of about 

 forty-five degrees above the surface ; as also that the 

 mooring-line and the fishing-line are both fastened to one 

 and the same end of the stake. The bait in preference 

 a living one and likewise the line, which is of considerable 

 length, is cast to some distance from the spot, and allowed to 

 sink to the bottom. 



Living baits are considered almost indispensable for trim- 

 mers; but when these are not procurable, and that dead 

 baits are had recourse to, the fishermen, to keep them in a 

 horizontal position, suspend them with the aid of a pin and 

 a fine thread from the line above, so that the line, the fish, 

 and the thread (Fig. 6) form a triangle. 



