FISHING AS PRACTISED IN DIFFERENT 

 PARTS OF THE WORLD. 



Lobster Fishing in North America. The har- 

 bour of Halifax is one of the finest in the world ; 

 its deep waters abound with fish of every descrip- 

 tion (except soles). Fish is daily to be purchased 

 at the market at a most astonishing low rate, 

 generally from a halfpenny per lb., and the finest 

 lobsters may be had for a halfpenny each ; but 

 our object in these fishing parties, consisting 

 of gentlemen and ladies, was not only to fill 

 our baskets ; they were a kind of pic-nic. The 

 period selected was generally at the full of the 

 moon ; but when her light was clouded on one 

 of these cool calm evenings which succeed the 

 hot days of an Indian summer, we chose our 

 ground, and lowered sail, and pulled up under 

 the shade of a lofty uninhabited building, situated 

 on Melville Island, which lies in the Sound. Under 

 these rocky shores we commenced our operations, 

 with about four or five feet water. The imple- 

 ments were not very complicated ; in the bow of 

 the boat was placed a large grating, with a long 

 handle, like a gigantic frying-pan ; this is sup- 

 plied with large thick pieces of a kind of mill- 

 board, which, when lit, burns fiercely, and casts 



