BANKERS LEAD. MOULD FOR DIP- LEADS. 41 



Creepers complete is about eight pounds each, and by their 

 aid bottom can be kept in a considerable tide when at anchor. 

 They are of course only used on ground known to be free of 

 rocks. I have only met with them at Dart- 

 mouth, but they would answer anywhere 

 under similar circumstances. The whole 

 affair should be galvanised. 



The Newfoundland or Banker's Lead 

 (fig. 6) is a favourite sinker in the Cod fish- 

 ery, of a sugar-loaf form, with the base cut 

 off at an angle. It works with a long snood 

 like the Dartmouth Dip, and in Cod-fishing 

 with two hooks only. At each end holes 

 are made to receive a ganging or stiffening 

 of served yarn, and the line being bent on 

 to the ganging of the sharp end the snood 

 is attached to the other. It is the favourite 

 rig with the Teignmouth men for Whiting 

 and general ground -fishing. By thrusting a 



sugar-loaf piece of wood on a slant into FIG. 6. 



,i , j ,, , i . ,., The Newfoundlander 



moulders sand the angular base is readily Banker's Lead, 

 formed. 



The Mould for Dip-Leads is easily made for conical sinkers 

 by sharpening a piece of wood and pressing it into a pot of 

 sand the required depth. Use moulders' sand from a foundry 

 if procurable. A cone 2\ inches wide at the base and 3 high 

 will weigh about 3 pounds ; one of 2 inches at the base and 2% 

 high about 2 pounds. A mould for a ship's hand-lead shape 

 is made by planing a piece of wood with i^ inch to each side 

 of a square, and then taking off the angles until you have eight 

 equal sides. One inch at the top should be reduced to f 

 thickness, which when pressed into the sand will form the 

 top for boring the hole to sling it, for which a bit of stout 

 upper leather is most durable. The wooden model should 

 taper slightly. Moulds may also be made in freestone or 

 chalk. 



The Boat-shaped Rig (fig. 7). This lead derives its name 

 from its form, that of a whaleboat or canoe, and is much used 



