Duties of Boatman. 3 1 



the fish till the point is in a line with its 

 broadside, and then with a sudden jerk sink 

 the steel into, or even through, the animal, 

 and lift him over the gunwale with all possible 

 speed. A sharp blow or two on the snout will 

 deprive the fish of life. Always kill your fish, 

 big or small, as nothing ought to be more 

 repulsive to a true sportsman than to see or 

 hear any animal he has captured dying by 

 inches. 



It is perhaps needless to say that in the 

 matter of lunch and drink, due consideration 

 should always be paid to your boatman's wants ; 

 indeed if he has had a hard time of it rowing 

 against a stiff breeze, nothing is lost by landing 

 at mid-day and letting him enjoy half an hour's 

 rest and a smoke after he has refreshed his 

 inner man. Sometimes such as in a club 

 competition such luxuries must be denied; 

 but even then he can put you on to a square 

 drift, and enjoy his lunch and smoke while you 

 are fishing; and you, on the other hand, can 

 take yours when he is changing ground. These 

 remarks may seem trifling ; but we only give 

 you our experience, when we say that on some 

 lochs where good boatmen are not plentiful, the 



