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from two or three feet to ten, so the grain handles should be twelve 

 to fourteen feet long. The boatmen go out with the rowboat, and 

 lean over the stern looking through the water glass, and spear the 

 Crawfish on the bottom and under the mangroves along the shores. 

 Usually it takes two men, one to handle the boat, while the other 

 hunts for and grains the Crawfish. 



The grains are also used by the " Conchs " to spear fishes, such 

 as Snappers, Groupers, and other larger kinds. They call it 

 "striking" instead of graining or spearing. Some of the guides 

 and boatmen indulge in the same ' ' sport. ' ' 



The water from here down is quite clear, so that in places on 

 quiet days the bottom and fishes, sea fans, sponges, corals, etc., can 

 be seen twenty feet or more down. I believe that the "spongers" 

 get sponges with hooks over twenty feet down, and they all use the 

 water glass. 



