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On still, sunny days great amusement may be had 

 with the water telescope, which is but a small barrel 

 from which both ends have been removed and one 

 replaced with plate glass. If the tub be then fastened 

 to the stern of a boat, with the glass end sunk some 

 few inches under water, the bed of the ocean can 

 be distinctly seen down to a depth of about twenty 

 feet. On either side of the man at the tub should lie a 

 long bamboo pole, one armed with a three-pronged 

 spear, while the other should carry a semi-circular 

 landing net of small mesh, and this paraphernalia being 

 ready, many bright hot days may be happily passed 

 while paddling round the rocky West Coast and searching 

 the depths of its remarkably clear waters. The spear 

 will bring skate, flounders, and at times other fish to 

 the surface, while the net will lift oysters, sea urchins, 

 or other dainties and curiosities of the deep. In this 

 way I speared two heavy fish one season, one a skate 

 of forty-seven pounds (by no means a large one), which 

 was only secured after a hard tussle, while the other 

 was a curious marine monster called the Angler Fish, 



