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Considerations on the Fisheries in the Scotch Islands; To Which Is Prefixed a General Account Elucidating the History, Soil, Productions, Curiosities, &C. of the Same, by James Fea,


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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1787 Excerpt: ... chafing.their boats in the country, and luring their rimers by the month or feafon, maintainance included; they put three boats, commonly with five men m each, under the care of one veffel; the moft ex-, perienced man in every boat is made patron or fkipper, and. has charge of the hooks, lines, &c. after receiving all the neceflaries for fifhing, and bait being, pro.) vided, commonly the black pollock; they proceed to what diftance thefe Ikippers. direcl, towing their boats with proper ropes placed.in fuch a manner that they do not run foul of one another at any time duringthe paflage. The firfl day the men in each boat aflift in baiting the lines, and have them all ready for the night's, fijjiiag. Vhen they are about to throw their lines, the ve, flfels bring to, and the boats are manned;.each of them, being provided with a bottle of fpirits, commonly gin or fennel fpirit, and fome bifcuit; they then put off together from-the veflel, .rpyving different diffe reiit ways from each other, on a certairi point of the fcompafs, with which each boat is fupplied; and when the come to the defigned fpot, they caft their firft biioy, pa'yifig out the lines till they are all laid. After the laft buoy is thrown, they immediately fteer for the flrft, by failing 6n the oppofite pdint of the compafs and never fail to find it. Thefe buoys arfe made of anker kegs, a pole of a certahx "length is put through the bddy o'f thfc anker at the bung, and comes but at the oppofite fide, where it is rriade water fight. On the top is a bundle of heath, or a vdne fo Contrived by the flinging, that by fixing / the rope centricallyj to the lower part iri the water, it is always upp'ermoft, and in full view The lines ire commonly laid two hours before fun-fet, 1 mean the flrft fct, and alwa...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781151657572
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 28
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1151657573
  • Publisher Date: 08 Feb 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 68 gr


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