THE BLOSS. 



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The Bloss, or torch, used on these occasions, consists of 

 chips of wood, in preference hewn from the dried stump of 

 the Scotch fir, and of such trees as abound with Kada, or 

 resin. These chips are placed in a Brand-jern, a sort of 

 cradle, of which there are two kinds, as depicted in Figs. 1 

 and 2, that, by means of a handle, is affixed to the stern, or 

 to the gunwale of the punt. The handle is usually about three 

 feet in length ; but some fishermen, in order that their eyes 

 may not be dazzled by the glare, prefer it of fully their own 

 height. 



ELDSTODJNING. 



The fisherman is generally quite alone, and after kindling 

 the Bloss, and stationing himself in the after part of 

 the punt, he with the shaft of the Ljuster slowly and 



