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surmounted by a “baby,” and from the bend of each 
hook trails a strip of fresh herring or other fish. He 
particularly recommended strips from the belly of a bass, 
but, alas! there were few bass when I was there last. 
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SarcetLes “ Mocavor” Bart. 
Dynamite and other poaching methods had already done 
their work. I hooked but one—and lost it !—off Chapel 
Point. 
Bait for ordinary fishing presents, as throughout Corn- 
wall, no difficulty. Fresh pilchards enough for a day’s 
fishing can be bought for a few pence, and mackerel may 
be taken by “plummeting” (p. 62) on the way out to 
the grounds. It is unusual indeed to run short of bait, 
but it is only necessary to up anchor and sail round for 
another mackerel or two ; or if there are any chad abroad 
—they generally put in an appearance early in the day— 
a slice from one of them, silvery and far tougher than the 
freshest pilchard (if pilchard is not absolutely fresh, it is 
as flabby as sodden paper), makes a first-rate bait for the 
pollack, though not always appreciated by the ground- 
fish. 
As to boats and men, they are still to be had in 
the Duchy at a moderate cost, 35s. a week being con- 
sidered fair. When the proper spirit of piracy has, as it 
inevitably must do with the development of Cornish 
railways, found its way west of Plymouth, I shall gc 
abroad for my sea-fishing, or at any rate to the north 
of Scotland or west of Ireland. My own man is George 
Marshall, but I have also heard well of Bob Blight (of 
Port Mellon) and Mills. : 
In concluding these remarks upon the subject of 
Cornwall as a fishing resort, I give one hint which will, 
I think, if acted upon, save a deal of unpleasantness and 
misunderstanding on both sides. Treat your boatman 
and everyone else with whom you come in contact as 
thoroughly honest folk. Do not suspect them of being 
up to the cockney-tricks and impositions that are rife 
at seaside places nearer town. Do not be afraid of 
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