220 NATURALIST'S CABINET. 



General bait for taking turbots. 



tvrap themselves in the sail and sleep, whilst the 

 third is on watch to prevent their being run 

 down by ships, and to observe the weather; for 

 sometimes storms come on so suddenly, that 

 they find it difficult to gain the shore even with- 

 out their lines. The boats for this purpose are 

 each about a ton burthen ; somewhat more than, 

 twenty feet in length, and about five in width. 

 They are well constructed for encountering a 

 boisterous sea, and have three pair of oars, and 

 a sail, to be used as occasion requires. Some- 

 times larger boats than these are used, which 

 carry six men and a boy. When the latter 

 come to the fishing-ground, they put out two of 

 the smaller boats that they have on board, which 

 fish in the same manner as the three manned 

 boats do, save that each man is provided with a 

 double quantity of lines ; and instead of waiting 

 in these the return of the tide, they return to the 

 large boat, and bait their other lines ; thus haul- 

 ing one set and shooting another at every turn, 

 of the tide. The fishermen commonly run into 

 harbor twice a week to deliver their fish. 



The general bait used for taking turbots is 

 fresh herring cut into proper-sized pieces, which 

 they bite most readily ; they are also partial to 

 the smaller lampreys, pieces of haddock, sand- 

 worms, muscles, and limpets ; and when none of 

 these are to be had, the fishermen use bullock's 

 liver. They are so extremely delicate in their 

 of baits, as not to touch a piece of herring 



