108 SEA FISH; 



or triple hook, and your bait is prepared for fixing to 

 the trace (vide cut). The new spinning bait* is repre- 

 sented in the woodcut with the spoon, and is mounted 

 exactly in the same way. 



Bait-Board and Knife. 



A small piece of board should always be kept in 

 the boat to cut bait on, to prevent the thwarts and 

 seats from being made dirty, as they certainly will be 

 where no board is kept ; and a knife, such as shoe- 

 makers use for cutting leather, should be placed in a 

 little leather sheath nailed to the board, where it is 

 always at hand when wanted. 



The Harpoon Arrow 



Affords sport in the summer months, when mullet 

 or basse are at the surface, or immediately under 

 it. The woodcut shows the arrangement. The bow 

 should be short and strong ; and the arrow, which is 

 tipped with about four and a half inches of large sea 

 lish hook, heated in the fire, and bent straight, about 

 two feet four inches long. The shaft should be neatty 

 and securely fitted to the iron with waxed silk ; after 

 having bored a hole to receive its blunt end, at the 

 point marked A, a small loop of fine line is to be 



* The new spinning baits arc to be obtained from Mr. Hear- 

 der, Buckwell-street, Plymouth, at 6d. each. 



