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to a " white lug " — that is, that when they " pree " or examine 

 a corner or lug of their nets, they may find it glitter with the 

 silvery sheen of the fish, a sure sign of a heavy draught. 



But the fishermen of other coasts are quite as quaint, 

 superstitious, and peculiar, as those of our own. The residents 

 in the Faubourg de Pallet of Dieppe are just as much alive to 



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the signs and tokens of the hour as the dwellers in the Square 

 of Fittie, or those who inhabit the fishing quarter of Boulogne. 

 It is a pity that the guide-books say so little about these and 

 similar places. The fishing quarter of Boulogne is not unlike 

 Newhaven : there is the same " ancient and fish-like smeU," 

 the same Mad of women with very short petticoats, the only 



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