The Bookshelf for boys and girls Children's Book of Fact and Fancy part 2 (1912)
University Society, New York · New York : University Society · leaf 61
tivity in the coast towns. The boats, each with a crew of five or six men.sail early in the morning, often before daybreak,rn order to be on the grounds when the fish beginto feed. When the fish are found, the nets areput in the water, the captain of the boat stands in the stern to give directions… … A BUSY LITTLE BRETON MAID. render them less conspicuous when in the water.They float in an upright position behind the boat,being supported by corks and weighted withstones. When the boats are among the fish, the cap-tain casts bait in such a way as to induce theschools of fish to run into the net…
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