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their heads towards the current, and more ground 

 is covered by so laying it. 



LINES. 



There are various kinds of lines made for coast 

 fishing, known in the trade by different names, 

 according to the size and purpose for which they 

 are intended, and composed either of silk, horse- 

 hair, hemp, flax, or cotton. Mr. R. Harrison, of 

 Redditch, in Worcestershire, makes some of the 

 most beautiful lines I have seen eight-plait silk, 

 waterproof; eight-plait hemp lines, waterproof; 

 patent hair, and silk-and-hair lines; the prices 

 being moderate for the excellent articles fur- 

 nished. The following are some of the names as 

 used at Bridport : Mackerel line ; fishing line ; 

 forty-yards long-shore line ; fifteen-thread St. 

 Peter cod line ; hog line ; Hambro' line ; deep-sea 

 line; bank line; eighteen-thread St. Peter cod 

 line ; fishing line, forty yards, twelve pounds ; do., 

 size smaller, nine pounds ; do., three pounds ; do., 



