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and w?io had themselves towed in a row boat behind a 

 sail boat while they fished with rod and reel. As soon 

 as they struck a*fish it was the duty of one of the hands 

 on the sail boat to cast them loose and let them kill it at 

 their leisnre. Tliey could not fish from the sail boat 

 because its speed added to that of the fish was more 

 tlian their tackle would stand. Such make-believe sport 

 however never had many followers, and stiJl fishing, 

 such as we have described has wholly supplanted it and 

 is in every way to be preferred. 



The sport "outside" is better thjn that inside the 

 inlet, as the fish are larger and there is something glori- 

 ous in fishing in the clear depths and on the limitless 

 surface of the mighty ocean, but we warn all who have 

 the least tendency to sea sickness to avoid it. "When 

 anchored " amid the breakers," the boat, whether large 

 or small, rolls, pitches, twists, turns, wobbles and dances 

 in a way that is wholly unexpected even by those who 

 have had experience on the unstable element, and good 

 sailors have become so sick in a short time that they 

 have scarcely been able to get up their anchors, make 

 sail and work back again into smooth water. In all 

 chumming there are but two secrets ; cut the chum fine, 

 and use enough of it. Although we have spoken of 

 using a rod and reel, more blue fish are taken on a hand 

 line which, especially "outside'' is far more easily man- 

 aged. It is what we generally use, but those who prefer 

 more science and fewer fish can use the more elegant 

 tackle. 



Spa-nish Mackerel. — These splendid fish which have 

 become quite abundant at times on our coast of late 

 years, are shy and difficult to capture. They were 

 occasionally taken while trolling for blue fish, but we 

 have salp*. hrongh miles of them and scarcely induced 



