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July and fishing is started at the ci)d of the month. After 

 making these provisions the fishermen watch the crowding of 

 the fish in a boat manned by several of them ; tlicy then approach 

 tlie submerged artiRcial reefs where either by angling or -b}' a 

 kind of bottom seine the fish is caught. This is another instance 

 where the propensity of the fish is utilized. 



(lo) The Mutsu (Scompropo Chielo dipteroides) Angling. 

 Draw ings Exhibited by the Fishery Bureau. 



The Mutsu angling forms one of the most conspicuous deep 

 sea angling in Japan. The practice is prevalent in both Kana- 

 gawa and Shizuoka prefectures the fishing season commences at 

 the end of November and is continued to June the following 

 year. The angling is conducted in the vicinity of a reef 250 or 

 350 fathoms in depth. Therefore the angling implements require 

 special construction. The sinker fixed at the centre of a scale is 

 bound up to the rod of the scale by means of four lines known 

 as bura while another sinker called the ^''Mori isJii"' is placed 

 among the four lined sinkers and is let down to the bottom of 

 the sea where the bura sinker is loosened which leads to the 

 dropping of the iiwri is Id. Such equipments are adopted because 

 in letting down the fishing gear into deep water, if a light 

 sinker is used it not only takes a longer time to sink but is 

 •often washed away by the tide, while in the proce-s of hoisting, 

 the heavy weight of the sinker will prevent the rapid motion 

 which the use of a heavy thick line gives rise to. At both ends 

 -of the scale a swivel is provided to which is attached a warm girt 

 with a hook. Such an arragement is made in order to guard 

 against the breaking of tlie liiie in hauling up tlie fisli. The 

 line is made of hemp becoming narrow toward the end. Early 

 at dawn a boat is manned by five or six fisliermen who 



