12 APPAKATUS. 



long and three inches wide, and the lower end is 

 cut so as to fit securely into one of the thowle 

 holes when being baited or coiled up (see Plate IV, 

 No. 4). This can be easily made in about half 

 an hour by any one possessed of the least me- 

 chanical ingenuity. 



THE COCKLE HOE. 



The hoe used in gathering cockles is much the 

 same as that used in the garden or field for 

 hoeing turnips, the only difference being in the 

 length of the iron neck, which is lighter and 

 longer in the cockle hoe than in the common one 

 (see Plate IV, No. 8). When gathering cockles 

 the hoe is used to dig in the spot which from the 

 mark shows the cockle is beneath, and in the 

 course of a couple of hours a bushel basket is 

 often filled by a boy expert in its use. 



