CONTENTS. 



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Freshwater- Eels . . . .191 



The Lampern or Lesser Lamprey, 



the Limpet . . . . 192 



The Whelk, and Cuttle-fish . 193 



The Squid 194 



The Sucker or Poulpe . . 195 



Shrimps and Prawns . . . 196 



The Common Green Crab . .196 



The Hermit or Soldier Crab . .197 



The Solen or Razor-fish . . 197 



Fish baits, Artificial Baits, Knots, 



Splices, and Bends . . . 199 



The Bowline Knot and Timber 



Hitch 200 



The Killick or Sling-stone, and 



Yoke Anchor . . . . 201 



Eye-splice and Short Splice with 



Two-strand Line . . . 202 



Crowning or Scowing the 



Anchor 202 



Slipping the Cable, Belaying 



Thwart, the Anchor Bend . 203 



Hooks, Whipping and Bending 



on Hooks . . . . 204 



Reels, Gaffs, and Bait Tray, and 

 Table of Hooks . . .212 



Gaffs, the Short-handled Gaff . 213 

 Landing Net, the Bait Tray . 214 

 The Fish-Basket . . . . 215 



The Nossil Cock or Fisherman's 



Spinner . . . .216 



The Lester Cock Trot, and 

 Sunken Lester Cock . .218 



The Otter 218 



Crabs, Lobsters, Cray-fish, and 



Clothing 219 



Cork Seats, Ocean-fishing . . 220 

 ' The Grains ' . . . 221 



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The Triangle Net . . .222 

 Remarks on Nets, the Trammel 222 

 The Seine and Sand-Eel Seine . 228 

 The Night or Small Seine . .231 

 The Mackerel Seine . . . 232 

 The Pilchard Seine . . . 235 



The Trawl 237 



Size of Mesh . . . 239 



The Otter Trawl . . .240 

 The Dredge . .... 241 



Shrimp and Prawn Nets, the 



Pool Net . . . .242 



The Strand Net . . . . 243 

 The Baited Prawn Net . . 246 

 Drift-Nets 247 



Moored Herring-Nets, Peter- 

 Nets, Drum-Net, Tanning 

 Nets ..... 249 



Boats and Boating . . . 2^0 



Spritsail Boat with Mizen . . 254 



Guernsey Spritsail Boat . . . 255 



Lugsail Boat .... 257 



The Yawl or Dandy . . . 258 



The Itchen River Rig . . 260 



Prices of Boats . . . . 261 



Centre-Board Boats . . . 262 

 Remarks on Beach or Surf 



Boating .... 262 



Launching from a Steep Shingle 



Beach 262 



Launching from a Flat Sandy 



Shore 263 



Beaching or Landing . . . 264 

 Harbour Boating . . .265 

 General Remarks . . . . 266 

 Staying, Wearing, Belaying the 



Main-sheet .... 267 



