196 THE SVIFVEL-VIND. 



discontinued the use of the rod altogether, and adopted a 

 plan of their own, called Sviflande that is, fishing with the 

 swivel, which hy all accounts answers admirably. 



Their system which will be readily understood by refe- 

 rence to the accompanying drawing cannot be adopted 

 except in a boat. If the fisherman be alone, as is often 

 the case, only two Svifvel-Vindar that is, reels in their 

 way, which serve as substitutes for rods can be brought 

 into use; but if there be two men, the number may be 

 doubled. 



Fig. 1 represents the boat, twenty-nine feet in length; 

 A A, the foremost pair of oars, which work on iron pins 

 or rullocks ; B B, the two foremost Svifvel-Vindar ; c c, 

 the Giller-spon, sticks of some four feet in length, inserted 

 at an angle of about forty-five degrees, in the same thwart as 

 the Svifvel-Vindar, and a little beyond them, which serve 

 as well to Gillra the lines, as to keep them outside of those 

 astern; D D, the aftermost pair of oars; EE, the aftermost 

 Svifvel-Vindar; and FF, the Giller-pinnar, which, so far 

 as the Gillring of the lines is concerned, do the same duty 

 as the Giller-spon. 



Fig. 2 represents the boat's gunwale in profile, showing the 

 Giller-pinne F, together with the manner in which the line is 

 Gillrad in connection with the Svifvel-Vind B. 



The line, consisting of twine or horse-hair, seldom ex- 

 ceeds twenty- five to thirty fathoms in length ; but unless 

 a fish be hooked, not much more than one-third is ever out 

 at a time. It is leaded according to the season, and the 

 depth of the water : in the height of summer, when fish 

 swim nearer the surface, the lightest; and in the autumn, 

 when on the contrary fish keep more to the deeps, the 



