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from the currents, and to fcreen themfelves 

 from the larger fifh, that purfue them : 

 therefore, this fifhery does not hurt the 

 places, which facilitate the growth of fifti 

 in the fea or rivers. 



It is certain, that, if this kind of fifhery 

 alone was pradtifed, there would be always 

 fifh in abundance , and this is almoft the 

 only kind of fifhing ufed at Mexico, 

 where the fea is remarkably full of fifh ; 

 and at Cadiz, it is principally carried on 

 in fummer for frefh fifh for market. 



Net fifhing wounds and bruifes an in- 

 finity of fifh, which, in that ftate, can- 

 not be tranfported to diftant places. Nets 

 are prodigioufly deftruclive of fifh, which 

 neither turns to the profit of the fifher- 

 man, nor to the advantage of the public. 

 On the contrary, in hook fifhing, the fifh 

 which takes the bait, is commonly fuffi- 

 ciently big for fale, is very frefh, and in a 

 manner, ftill alive when brought on fhore, 

 becaufe moft of the fifhermen ufing but 

 fmall boats, frequently run afhore to land 

 their fifh, aud immediately return to their 



fifhing 





