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went, and driving through the cork a nail or bit 

 of wire bent in the form of a hook (as per Plate 

 III, No. 6) ; the line is attached by one end to this 

 hook, and the sheave made to revolve smartly by 

 blows with the right hand, the other end of the 

 line being held in the left hand ; when sufficiently 

 twisted you remove it from the sheave, and placing 

 it by the middle on the hook you again cause the 

 sheave to revolve so as to twist it up into a close 

 twine. When finished it makes a very strong line 

 by which to fasten the hook which is to hold the 

 fish you may be fortunate enough to have caught. 

 The hook is fastened to the twine by a couple of 

 " half -hitches" on the shank of the hook (the hooks 

 used should be of the size usually employed in 

 taking "pollock") . The next thing to be done is to 

 prepare some strong lines and attach cork or other 

 buoys to them, and these lines are fastened to 

 some moderately heavy stones, to act as anchors 

 for the spiller itself. Having selected your ground 

 and baited the hooks, either with lug, bits of 

 cuttle-fish, or some sand-launce, you may com- 

 mence to lay or shoot the spiller, which is done by 

 putting overboard the buoy and attaching one end 

 of the back of the spiller to the stone, and then 



