56 SEA FISH; 



mud-worms, white flies, small-sized brook lampreys 

 (pride), or pilchard gut. Numerous spinning baits 

 are had recourse to, of which the small spoon or 

 new spinning bait is perhaps the best. Many 

 lines can be used at once by making use of the 

 contrivance explained in the woodcut, which I find 

 far more useful in every way than the short rods 



used in boats by many fishermen. A is a piece of 

 elm, birch, or any other strong wood, with a square 

 notch cut in it, as at B, which should be wide and 

 deep enough to take in the gunwale of the boat, to 

 which it is fastened by the wedge o. . D is a piece 

 of rattan cane four feet long, with a small fork of 

 naturally-grown wood spliced to the end, as at E. 

 The cane is passed through a hole bored for it through 

 the block A, the long way, and allowed to project three 

 inches beyond it, as at r, where it is bound next the 

 block with waxed thread, and its extreme end split 

 for about an inch, as at G. "When put together, the 



