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them all Transplanting Mussels by the barge-load Line- 

 fishing Hand lines Long lines Ready-baited hooks Pay- 

 ing out the lines " Bending-on" Two or three miles of 

 lines Bringing in the catch Longer lines" Bulters" . 42 



CHAPTER V 



SALMON-FISHING AS AN INDUSTRY 



The salmon Annual migration Jumping Spawning Fry, 

 smolt, and grilse The Columbian grounds Trap-nets 

 Seines Hauling in by horse-power The fish-wheel Salmon- 

 fishing among the Indians Canadian moored gill-nets 

 Scandinavian fishery The Sogne and Hardanger fjords 

 Natural salmon-traps Seines and net-weirs Lapps and 

 Finns as fishers The sea-swallow Salmon-netting at home 

 Close time Stake-nets and stow-nets . 59 



CHAPTER VI 



FISHING AS A SPORT 



Angling Salmon - fishing Tackle Ireland and Norway 

 Piscator fit> non nascitur Casting A real bite A long 

 spell of hard work "Sulking" Gaffing Fishing in the 

 Jotunfeld High jumpers To America for sport The tarpon 

 Tarpon tackle A nasty sea A big leap Towed along 

 Fairly hooked Sharks ! Other sport . 73 



CHAPTER VII 



THE COD-FISHERY (l) 



The Breton "Icelanders" Seeing the fleet off A twelve- 

 hundred-mile voyage in a cockle-shell Life on board 

 Iceland in sight Cod-fishing An average catch A big 

 catch in a calm Cleaning and salting Breaks in the 

 monotony Homeward bound . . 88 



CHAPTER VIII 



THE COD-FISHERY (ll) 



The American cod-fishery The Newfoundland Banks Dory 

 work Hand-line fishing Drawbacks to it French trawling 

 No piracy allowed Pulling up the trawl Clearing and 

 rebaiting Cleaning and drying The gill-net Its special 

 utility Its mechanism . . . . . 100 



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