50 SEA-FISHING. 



taken by long lines, it is necessary here to 

 describe the process. Long lines are set in the 

 following manner : They first consist of a 

 strong back line, sometimes fifty fathoms in 

 length, or often one hundred ; hooks, fastened 

 to strong snouding, are attached to the back 

 line, at equal distances, and these are baited 

 with sand-worms, shell-fish, or pieces of fish 

 cut up ; then the lines are coiled in a boat, and 

 so arranged that the hooks are kept close ; the 

 boat rows out, or sails sometimes a consider- 

 able distance from the land, and a line, with a* 

 heavy weight, is let down to the bottom ; the 

 weight is on one end of the line, and a buoy on 

 the other, either of cork or the skin of a dog, 

 inflated. Then the long line, being previously 

 fastened to the up and down lines, a few fathoms 

 below the water, lies horizontal, Thus balanced, 

 by lines weighted and buoyed at both ends, it 

 remains all night, and is drawn up in the 

 morning with what fish may be on the hooks. 



NETS. 



The nets employed in sea-fishing vary ac- 

 cording to the character and habits of the fish 

 to be captured. 



Prawns and shrimps are captured in nets of 

 very small meshes. The first are frequently 

 found in pools of sea- water, left in hollows 

 when the tide is out ; the net adapted to this 

 description of water is shown in our engraving, 

 They are sometimes found floating on the sea.- 



