« SUN-SPEARING.” ’ 129 
could be readily procured. They might also, perhaps, 
solve the problem of reducing the specific gravity of 
the weapon sufficiently to enable it to float in the event 
of its escaping from the hands of the operator. “An in- 
genious transmogrification of the old salmon-leister,” I 
fancy I hear some bilious censor exclaim: “Just such 
a transmogrification, sweet-tempered angel, as is a nine- 
teenth-century salmon-rod of Miss Juliana Berners’ 
wattle!” 
Any small boat (always excepting “ punts”), well 
up in the bows to enable the spearsman to stand up- 
right over the cutwater without sinking it too deep 
in the pool, will answer the purpose. Should it be 
deficient in this quality, a boulder or two placed 
astern will help to right the balance as well as patent 
ballast. Though the craft is chiefly impelled by the 
spear alone in the act of looking for the game, a pair 
of short handy oars are indispensable companions. 
The thorough management of a boat is too obvious a 
necessity in this amusement to be insisted on here ; 
for though water be a very pleasant playmate, it is 
not always safe to trust too far. Observing that there 
may be risk of immersion, the novice may possibly 
ask, “What kind of dress would be suited to the occa- 
sion ?”—the obvious answer to which would of course 
be a “bathing-dress.” But he must not be put off 
with this ambiguous answer. As fashion rules at 
present, I would recommend a Garibaldi suit for the 
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