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you will by the act of striking the fish break the twine, and the 

 strain coming on the end of the otter you will easily haul it on 

 shore. 



The Lester-Cocks and Otter are useful aids to a person 

 unprovided with a boat ; and it oftens happens there is excel- 

 lent fishing where the shore is too wild or iron-bound to keep 

 one. 



The Sunken Lester-Cock is probably the most killing of 

 the three, and once submerged may be left to itself for some 

 time. 



It has been used with much success in the Island of Al- 

 derney. 



Neither of these methods is available if there be much 

 floating weed, and recourse must then be had to leger-fishing, 

 for which see under 'Bass,' p. 139. 



Crabs, Lobsters, and Cray-fish. These are taken in the 

 beehive-shaped baskets or pots, which are some of the first 

 objects usually meeting the eye on the shore of almost every 

 watering-place or fishing village. 



These pots are weighted with stones, and then being baited 

 with pieces of Ray, or other fish suspended in the interior, are 

 lowered by buoy-lines on or close to rocky ground in various 

 depths and distances from the coast, sometimes even as far as 

 ten miles from the land. On some parts where the bottom is 

 not too rough a kind of drum net trap or pot is used, extended 

 on a hooped framework. Crabs prefer fresh bait, the other 

 Crustacea, such as Lobsters, &c., stale. 



Clothing 1 . All clothing should be of wool, or of material 

 chiefly consisting thereof, as it absorbs perspiration and prevents 

 catching cold. 



A Crimean flannel shirt, coat, trowsers, and waistcoat of 

 blue serge, angola or woollen stockings or socks, and early or 

 late in the season, or whenever additional warmth is needed, a 

 short Guernsey or Jersey frock is recommended. 



All the above can be freed from salt-water, &c., by washing, 

 and kept clean and sweet. 



If caught in bad or wet weather, a suit of waterproof, with 

 a sou'wester hat, will be found very comfortable, which should 



