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Fishing at the Cape. A great variety of fish 

 frequent the shores at the Cape ; in consequence 

 of which whole fleets of fishing boats go out from 

 the Cape every day, and all return at two o'clock, 

 the established hour for market. This regulation 

 enables them to have fish in perfection . The fisher- 

 men of Capetown adopt a curious practice ; they 

 invariably smear their nets with blood, which is 

 allowed to dry on them, and they consider that 

 this entices the fish, and gives them a better haul. 



Fosters Voyage. 



Fishing in Canada. The manner of fishing, 

 as described by a Canadian, in the Mirror : Those 

 living on the borders of the numerous lakes and 

 rivers of Canada, (which abound with salmon, 

 trout, eels, perch, &c. &c.), are provided with a 

 light boat, or log, or what is best, with a bark 

 canoe; a barbed fishing spear, with light tapering 

 shaft, about twelve or sixteen feet long, an iron 

 basket for holding burning pine knots, and capable 

 of being suspended at the head of the boat; when 

 fired on calm evenings, after dusk, many of these 

 lights are seen stealing out to the best fishing 

 grounds. The light seems to attract the fish ; 

 all around it they seem thickly congregated ; in 

 this manner fifty or sixty fish of three or four Ibs, 

 are speared in the course of the night. A little 

 practice enables a young settler to take an active 



