64 ANGLING IN SALT WATER. 



keep raising it a few inches from the ground 

 and again let it touch the bottom ; when you 

 feel a sudden jerk immediately strike. Great 

 quantities are taken near Margate, Hastings, &c. 



Much sport is to be had from Brighton, 

 Margate, and Dover Piers, where you must 

 have a strong rod, eighteen or twenty feet long, 

 with strong rings, a large winch, and eighty or 

 one hundred yards of the strongest eight-plait 

 silk line, largest size cork float, with a sufficient 

 number of large shot, about twelve inches from 

 the hook, which should be No. 1, an extra 

 large plummet for plumbing the depth, and let 

 your bait just drag the bottom ; bait with 

 pieces of white fish, bunch of gentles, or lob 

 worms. Mackarel and Plaice are also taken at 

 the Pier at Brighton. 



