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the fisher’s lacerated hands will remind him that there is 
more comfort in trolling with the regular squidding tackle 
than with a light hemp line, such as we sometimes see used 
by the uninitiated. 
“ Being thus provided with the tackle suitable for this 
sport, you should got a good stout boat, with an experienced 
bay-man, who is au fait in its management, and intimately 
acquainted with the habits and localities of the fish; for 
upon this, in a great measure, depends your chance of a 
good day’s sport. With a fine breeze, that will propel your 
boat some four or five miles an hour, you may embark, 
and having reached the whereabouts of the fish, cast over 
your squid, with from fifty to one hundred feet of line, which 
should be tied securely to the boat. The fish sometimes 
strike with great force, and neglect in fastening the line fre- 
quently results iu its loss, with everything appertaining 
thereto. 
“ There is a great variety of opinion regarding the length 
of lino most proper to use in this kind of fishing ; but I have 
found that when the fish are inclined to take the squid, they 
are not over particular in the quantity of line out, as I have 
seen fish taken, not only with a very long line, but have 
hooked and secured some fine ones, myself, almost under 
the stern of the boat, with certaiidy not over twenty feet of 
lino. 
“When a school of fish is found, the boatman should be par- 
ticular in crossing and re-crossing tho spot where the school 
is, as in a very contracted space it frequently happens that the 
greatest sport is to be found. As an example of this, I was 
enjoying a day’s sport at Shrewsborry Inlet, some two years 
since, and the only place where I took any fish, was some three 
hundred yards below the inlet, in tho river; and instead of 
sailing up some half mile, and down aguiu, over the same 
ground, I confined my operations to a space of about two 
