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would be an excellent gunning ground. It is and always has 

 been celebrated for the rare birds to be obtained there. 



At certain times of the year good rod and line fishing 

 may be obtained off the Knole Point, situated about 100 

 yards from the Suspension Bridge, due west. Fishing in the 

 sea from the piers is much practised in the spring and summer 

 months, and casting from the beach in the spring and autumn. 



To obtain sport at wildfowl in the Roads out at sea off 

 Caistor or Gorleston it will be found best to hire a shrimp 

 boat, in the bows of which a swivel gun can be mounted. 

 The man who handles the swivel must be an extremely 

 smart hand, or most of the shots will be discharged into the 

 briny within a few feet of the bows of the boat. The shoot- 

 ing to be had in this manner is often very good, but the fowl 

 are so wary that approach is difficult, and only those who 

 are experienced and old hands at the game make heavy bags. 

 Fowl which frequent the sea are accustomed to see the shrimp 

 boats daily, and do not pay so much regard to that class as 

 to other craft. 



When one is unable to obtain a shot by sailing, it will 

 often be found advantageous to success to lay -to, riding at 

 anchor upon a long cable, with one hand at watch on the 

 rope, who can sheer the boat when he observes a bunch of 

 fowl coming within apparent range, so that the man at the 

 swivel can get a pull down at them as they pass by. 



Sometimes a large party hire a fleet of shrimpers and 

 anchor in the Roads about eighty yards apart, in a line at right 

 angles to the beach, and well out. They are armed with 

 heavy shoulder guns, and have in attendance one or more 

 small boats with which to pick up the dead and wounded, 

 which are soon washed beyond all hope of recovery by the 

 fast-running tide, unless some precautions are taken to guard 

 against it. Other boats sail about north and south of the line 

 and stir up the fowl, which lead up and down the sea-covered 

 sandbanks. Good fun, with plenty of difficult shots at all 

 angles, may be obtained in this manner, but it takes a large 

 party to ensure anything like success. 



