102 SEA FISH; 



then finding the offing by getting particular headlands 

 on the coast "just peeping " as it is called, or " wide 

 abroad." Great numbers of these combinations are 

 handed down from generation to generation, and are 

 known to every man, woman, and child in a fishing 

 village. "What are the marks for Hobbs' Hole you 

 may, for example, ask any urchin within the range of 

 the discoverer Hobbs, long gathered to his fathers ? 

 " Gull rock, and flag-staff over public-house chimney, 

 eastern land peeping, to be sure ; pretty fellow you 

 must be not to know that. Where did you come from ?" 

 This, or some answer very like it, would in all pro- 

 bability be given. A plan I strongly advise all my 

 brother fishermen to adopt is, whenever a good set of 

 marks can be discovered, follow the advice of honest 

 Captain Cuttle, and <f make a note of it" at once, as 

 of the particular day of the month and state of the 

 tide when unusually good catches are made. All these 

 things are worth logging down, depend on it, as fish 

 are very apt to change their places of resort with the 

 season and tide. 



Sinkers. 



These are very necessary appliances, usually com- 

 posed of lead, and vary both in size, shape, and weight, 

 according to the purposes for which they are required, 

 ranging from over sixteen pounds to ordinary-sized 

 duck-shot, known as split shot. The woodcut will show 



