. Alphabet of scientific angling for the use of beginners. Fly fishing; Bait fishing; Fishes -- Food; Fishes -- Feeding and feeds; Fishes -- Sense organs. THK SWIMMING OF FISHES. 55 near the bottom; at d, represented by a, it is much expanded, and the fish is near the surface. The rapidity with which fish swim, and the conse- quent strength which they must exert, are well illus- trated by the whale'. A^'^heu struck with a harpoon or spear with a line attached thereto, the leviathan of the waters darts down into the deep with such velocity, that if the line were to entangle, it would either sna
. Alphabet of scientific angling for the use of beginners. Fly fishing; Bait fishing; Fishes -- Food; Fishes -- Feeding and feeds; Fishes -- Sense organs. THK SWIMMING OF FISHES. 55 near the bottom; at d, represented by a, it is much expanded, and the fish is near the surface. The rapidity with which fish swim, and the conse- quent strength which they must exert, are well illus- trated by the whale'. A^'^heu struck with a harpoon or spear with a line attached thereto, the leviathan of the waters darts down into the deep with such velocity, that if the line were to entangle, it would either snap asunder or overset the boat. U])on a whale being struck, therefore, one man is stationed to give his whole atten- tion to the line running out clear, and another is em- ployed in continually wetting the place it runs over, to prevent the wood from taking fire by the friction. On the same principle, but after a much smaller scale, the angler, when he has hooked a large fish, which from its mode of action he infers would easily snap his Une asunder were he to pull it up tight, allows his line to run out as the whale-fishers do, and for this purpose he is provided with a long line wound on a reel", or winch, called, by Dame Juliana Barnes,. Reel, Winch, Pirn, or Troll- (U It may be well toiitate that modern naturalists do not rank th2 whale amongst fishes, because it brtathes like land animals, has wanu blootl, and suckles its young. (a) Provincially, Pirn, cr Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Rennie, James, 1787-1867. London : William Orr
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