. Baltimore and Ohio employes magazine . aveswas so big that trawlswas no good, anwe was using singlelines, an I take myoath that when wewas on the crest of awave, every bit o aschooner as big asthat two-master yousee comin in tharwas hidden in thetrough of a kind o likeit came from theStates, dont it.,; Yes, I admit-ted good naturedly,it does, but whena deacon and the bellringer in the churchsays it, I must be-lieve it. We anchored ten-miles off shore andstarted to set ourtrawl, a heavy lineabout two thousandfeet long, with thin-ner lines a foot anda half long attachedto it at int
. Baltimore and Ohio employes magazine . aveswas so big that trawlswas no good, anwe was using singlelines, an I take myoath that when wewas on the crest of awave, every bit o aschooner as big asthat two-master yousee comin in tharwas hidden in thetrough of a kind o likeit came from theStates, dont it.,; Yes, I admit-ted good naturedly,it does, but whena deacon and the bellringer in the churchsays it, I must be-lieve it. We anchored ten-miles off shore andstarted to set ourtrawl, a heavy lineabout two thousandfeet long, with thin-ner lines a foot anda half long attachedto it at intervals oftwo feet. A singlehook is put on theend of each line andbaited with end of the trawlis attached to ananchor rope and alsoto some kind of afloat, generally asmall tub. We letthe anchor down un-til we felt her hugthe bottom, thenthrew the tub overwith the anchor hold-ing it stationary, andwith the end of thetrawl attached to thetub, we sailed theboat a half a milefarther, the whileplaying out the line. SettingTheTrawl. I began to feelhungry by this timeand although it wasonly, eleven oclock,we ate a very appe-tizing lunch and satdown until it wastime to haul up thetrawl. I amused myselfby throwing herring,up in the air to twobirds that had hover-ed around the boatfor over a mile, andthat looked like un-dersized gulls. Cap-tain John said theyhad the well deservedname of Boobies,and that if I wasquiet long enoughthey would try andget some herring outof the boat. Andsure enough, one ofthe pair swoopeddown, lit on the bas-ket not five feet frommy seat, and flewoff to his mate with ■two or three herringin his claws. Theyseemed unafraid ofus and played aroundthe boat all the restof the afternoon. Finally CaptainJohn said it was timeto see what luck wehad had. I got agaff, and as he haul-ed in the trawl Ihooked the fish andthrew them into thebottom of the to say, thefirst four I gotwere Mrs. PurdysmakerT* (probablybecause mackerelswim in schools neart
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