54 SEA-FISHING. 



under easy sail, it scrapes along the water all 

 the fish, and everything else, that comes in 

 contact with it. When loaded, it is drawn up, 

 emptied, and le^ down again, and very miscel- 

 laneous the take often is, including many 

 marine curiosities, life in rare and beautiful 

 forms, star-fishes and sea plants, " yellow and 

 scarlet tufts of ocean," samples of that world 

 below the waters where 



" The sands are bright as the stars that glow 

 In the motionless fields of the upper air." 



The best plan for an amateur fisherman on 

 the coast, who wants to go a trawling, is to 

 engage with the owners of a trawling-vessel for 

 the day's sport. 



OF FISH TO BE TAKEN. 



MACKEKEL. 



This fish is very plentiful off the English 

 coasts, especially on the south and west of 

 England. The shoals approach the shore as the 

 spring advances, and are captured from boats 

 or vessels under sail in smooth water. It is 

 necessary that the boat should be in motion in 

 order to drag the bait (a bit of red cloth, or a 

 slice from the tail of another mackerel) along, 

 under the surface of the water. Dryden says : 



