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fish suddenly become torpid, and are easily taken 

 by the hand. Leonard's Voyage to the Western 

 Coast of Africa. 



Natives fishing at Porto Pray a. They fished 

 in boats ; their manner of catching the finny tribe 

 appeared to be novel ; they sprinkled something 

 on the water, like crumbs of bread, that attracted 

 the fish to the surface, in shoals ; the fishermen 

 then swept amongst them a stick, to which a num- 

 ber of short lines, with hooks, were attached, and 

 by the aid of this they usually brought up several 

 fish at a time ; some women were in the boat, who 

 were engaged in cleansing and salting the fish. 



Bennett's Wanderings in New South Wales. 



Fishing in the Straits ofSalamis. A night was 

 spent in fishing in these straits ; the method was, 

 sprinkling oil, to make the water pellucid, a 

 method also used by the ancients. See Pliny, 

 Plutarch, Franklin, &c. 



Chandler s Travels in Greece. 



Fishing with a Spade Lancashire. The won- 

 der of this county is, that about Wiggin men go 

 a-fishing with spades and mattocks, and find small 

 fishes in deadish water, under the surface. 



Anglorum Speculum, p. 424. 



