226 SEA-FISH. 
leaving your purse or watch at your lodgings : I would 
leave mine almost in the streets without fear. If these 
simple and unsophisticated folk think themselves sus- 
pected of instincts foreign to their nature, they will, not 
unreasonably, make themselves unpleasant at the very 
times when your sport and comfort depend on their 
willingness to oblige, 
Above all do not, whatever you do, “ put on side” with 
them. It will not impress them, and the only result is 
to place these freer children of nature in a very favourable 
light beside the more stilted manners of cities. 
For the following very useful notes I am indebted to 
Dr. W. J. Simpson Ladell, of the Gresham and British 
Sea Anglers’ Societies. 
‘“‘ There is such a variety of fish to be caught, as well 
as so many methods of catching them, at these 
Mounts «hots, that the angler finds a long holiday all too 
ea ae short and a short holiday is reckoned with the 
Scillies past almost before it seems to have commenced. 
The angler with a long holiday and deep purse 
can find plenty of men to take him out, at from 15s. to 
#1 a day, but you can get an equally good man for 6s. 
or 7s. a day and his food. The Great Western Railway 
Company runs excursions to Penzance and Scilly during 
the summer months for 26s. and 31s. respectively. The 
trains leave at ro P.M. every Friday and at 7.55 aM. 
every Saturday during July, August and September, the 
journey occupying about twelve hours. But a word to 
the wise: be at Paddington quite an hour before the 
train starts, for a corner seat is very desirable on so long 
a journey. Arrived at Penzance, the angler cannot do 
better than call on Mr. Rowe, 78 Market Jew Street, 
about four minutes’ walk from the station. He will be 
able to supply the necessary tackle, will also willingly give 
every information about boats, baits and fishermen, and 
may even be able to name suitable lodgings. If able 
to obtain lodgings with Mrs. Phillips, 1 Regent Square, 
Penzance, the angler will, Iam sure, be comfortable at a 
reasonable price. 
“Captain James, a retired sailor, knows a good many 
of the marks, is an enthusiastic fisherman, and has a good 
boat with plenty of beam, rather a consideration when 
at anchor in a rough sea. Mr. Rowe will be able to 
