CHAPTER I. 



APPARATUS. 



THE KILLICK. 



THIS will be found a decided requisite with 

 every fishing boat, especially on a rocky coast. 

 It is made (see Plate IV, No. 2) with a heavy 

 stone of about twenty or twenty-five pounds in 

 weight; a groove is made round it across the 

 middle, round which a forked stick is placed and 

 clipped tight; a piece of curved wood is then 

 fashioned somewhat like an anchor-head, and two 

 holes made in it to place the ends of the forked 

 stick through, and, when firmly driven home, a 

 nail is put in each to secure them ; a rope is then 

 made fast to the end of the forked stick, and the 

 killick is ready for use. They are always used on 

 rough ground, where the " creeper" or " anchor" 

 would retain so firm a hold of the ground as to 



