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near three miles in length. This is always laid 

 across the current. An anchor and buoy are fixed 

 at the end of each man's line. The tides run here 

 so rapidly that the fishermen can only shoot and 

 haul their lines in the still water at the turn of the 

 tide - 3 and therefore, as it is flood and ebb about 

 every alternate six hours, this is the longest time 

 the lines can remain on the ground. When the 

 lines are laid, two of the men usually wrap them- 

 selves in the sail and sleep, whilst the third is on 

 watch to prevent their being run down by ships, 

 and to observe the weather 3 for sometimes storms 

 come on so suddenly that they find it difficult to 

 gain the shore even without their lines. 



The boats used in this work are each about a 

 ton, burthen ; somewhat more than twenty feet in 

 length, and about five in width. They are well 

 constructed for encountering a boisterous sea, and 

 have three pairs of oars, and a sail, to be used as 

 occasion requires. Sometimes larger boats than 

 these are used, which carry six men and a boy. 

 When the latter come to the fishing-ground, they 

 put out two of the smaller boats that they have on 

 board, which fish in the same manner as the three 

 manned boats do, save that each man is provided 

 with a double quantity of lines ; and instead of 

 waiting in these the return of the tide, they return 

 to the large boat and bait their other lines : thutf 

 hauling one set and shooting another at every turn 

 of the tide. The fishermen commonly run into 

 harbour twice a week to deliver their fish. 



The bait that the Turbots take most readily is 



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