THE BOAT AND GEAR. 



or lumps of liver. I intend to try pots for crabs 

 and prawns made to fold up the same as the eel 

 pots sold in most fishing-tackle shops, made of 

 wire and net strained over it, so that, when not 

 in use, they can he folded up no thicker than a 

 couple of inches and stowed away in any corner. 

 It is also productive of much pleasure if, in a 

 moderate-sized yacht, which has a fifteen-foot 

 boat, a tuck net is carried, as, when the sea is too 

 heavy off the coast to cruise or fish, this net can 

 be used in the estuaries and harbours of the 

 coast, capturing almost all kinds of fish, the red 

 mullet and flat-fish in particular. Let it be laid 

 down as a golden rule that you never go in your 

 boat without your gun, as often a wild duck 

 or some curlews will be the reward of your fore- 

 thought. For ordinary harbour fishing the usual 

 floaty coast boat, of from fourteen to eighteen 

 feet in length, moderately light to row, and 

 when ballasted safe under sail ; she should have 

 a single mast, with a spritsail and foresail, on each 

 of which should be reef-points (see Vignette), 

 because very often one has to take in sail at a 

 very short notice, from squalls suddenly springing 

 up in the summer season ; a pair of oars and a 



