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are built with broad planks, and the two upper ones 

 " tumble in " at the quarters, giving the stern a boxed- 

 in appearance. They are very useful boats, and will 

 stand a good deal of bad weather, but are rather 

 dangerous when running before a sea. The fashion 

 has long been to paint the cobles in stripes of yellow, 

 green, and red, thus giving a still more quaint appear- 

 ance to these peculiarly constructed boats. 



Crabs and lobsters are caught all along this range 

 of coast in creels or cages having a rectangular bottom, 

 and the top rounded, with the usual mouse-trap open- 

 ings at the sides ; the whole framework, except at the 

 entrances, being covered with netting. A variation in 

 the form of trap is, however, adopted at Flamborough, 

 and it requires much more skill in using it, but it will 

 take larger lobsters and crabs than the others. It is 

 called a " trunk," and consists merely of an iron ring 

 about two feet across, with a shallow net suspended 

 from it. The bait is fastened in the centre to a cross 

 line, and three lines placed at equal distances from 

 each other on the ring unite above to form a handle, 

 to which is fastened the rope used in lowering and 

 raising it. A number of these trunks are lowered to 

 the bottom, in suitable localities, and after a time are 

 hauled up. It is in the raising of the trunks that the 

 difficulty of working them properly consists, for the 

 top of the trunk is quite open, and anything within it 

 may easily escape. The greatest care is therefore 

 necessary, especially just when it comes to the surface, 

 as at that time the lobsters are apt to make a sudden 

 spring backwards and clear the ring. 



