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fifhing. The filh- carriers, knowing the 

 time, repair to the coail, and tranfport 

 them far into the internal part of the 

 kingdom, before they are ftale. On the 

 contrary, thofe, which have been bruifed 

 and fatigued by nets, are often dead when 

 taken out of the water, and if they have 

 remained long in the nets, are often fpoiled 

 before expofed to fale. 



The beft conditioned fifh, therefore, 

 are thofe, which are taken with hooks ; and 

 for this realbn, they are bought at a higher 

 price by the fifh -carriers, than thofe 

 caught with nets. 



If any fault can be found with hook- 

 fifliing, it is the confumption of a great 

 quantity of fifli for baits, as they ufe fmall 

 fifli of all kinds, fometimes requiring fix 

 for one hook alone; >this is certainly a 

 great prejudice to the increafe of fifh on 

 the coaft : and as it often happens, that the 

 fifhermen are obliged to buy large ones, 

 there are confiderable expences, of which, 

 fometimes the produce of the fifhery does 

 not clear them. 



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