SHORE-FISHING. Iol 
In short, for those who cannot endure the motion 
of boats, this shore-fishing provides many attrac- 
tions ; while to the lazy, whose sole idea of comfort. 
rudely broken by the trouble of looking after a 
boat, is to fall asleep over a pipe, it comes, even if 
not the ideal of sport, at least very near the ideal 
of enjoyment. 
It is, moreover, practicable in many excellent 
spots where neither pier nor boats are available, 
and in weather that would not permit of going 
afloat. So many anglers are precluded from sca- 
fishing by their fear of the sea itself, that I am 
persuaded that there is a great future for two as 
yet little favoured methods, the above-mentioned 
shore-fishing and the live-baiting for bass in rivers, 
to which allusion is made in the next chapter. 
