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other, creaks along the gunnel of the boat, and 

 awaits the arrival of the invited : strange to say, 

 his guests do arrive, and, finding the stream ob- 

 structed, throw themselves over into the lee-side 

 of the boat, where there is a net, and where they 

 get entangled in its meshes. Medwin's Angler. 



Glaciers' Method of fishing for Cod and other 

 Fish. Each boat throws out four or six floating 

 lines, with hooks, at the prow ; they agitate the 

 water with their oars, which makes the fish bite, 

 as they will not do so from the motion of the boat ; 

 they catch in a short time more than their boat 

 will contain. Glufsen's Voyages. 



Glass-fishing Net. A patent was granted to 

 the Marquis de Chabannes for a new apparatus 

 for attracting and catching fish. A lighted lamp 

 is sunk to the necessary depth in the water, and 

 the case of the lamp has pipes attached to it that 

 lead above the water's surface, for the purpose of 

 admitting air to the lamp, and drawing off the 

 smoke : the object of placing the light in the wa- 

 ter is to attract the fish, for which purpose a box 

 containing mirrors is connected with the lamp, 

 and behind is a trap of nets, into which the fish 

 are allured by the mirrors. There is a contracted 

 passage of netting, which gives way to the fish 

 entering, but closes against their return ; in this 



