172 FISHING AS PRACTISED IN 



Fishing at Battersea Bridge and the other 

 Bridges is best at the two last hours of ebb-tide, 

 and the first hour of flood, at the starlings, taking 

 care to fish in the eddy. In the fourth, fifth, and 

 sixth arches, on the Surrey side, roach, dace, gud- 

 geon, and sometimes barbel, used to be caught. 

 Best bait, gentles; ground-bait, balls made of 

 clay, graves, and bread. 



HasseVs Sports of the Thames, p. 77. 



At Black Swan River, New Settlement, west- 

 ern coast of New Holland, the natives angle or 

 fish with mother-of-pearl hooks, and lines made 

 from the bark of trees. 



Lit. Gaz. 18th Dec. 1828, 



Native Fishing River Wanyance, Bokhara. 

 Each fisherman is provided with a large earthen 

 jar, open at the top, and somewhat flat ; on this 

 he places himself, and, lying on it horizontally, 

 launches into the stream, swimming and pushing 

 forward like a frog, and guiding himself with his 

 hands ; when he has reached the centre of the 

 river, he darts his net directly under him, and 

 sails down with the stream. The net consists of 

 a pouch attached to a pole, which he shuts on 

 meeting his game, draws it up, and spears it, and 

 puts it into his vessel, on which he floats and pro- 

 secutes his occupation. 



Burnes* Travels in Bockhara. 



