The sea-fisherman: comprising the chief methods of hook and line fishing in the British and other seas, and remarks on nets, boats, and boatingProfusely illustrated with woodcuts on leads, baited hooks, nets and boats, etc., and detailed descriptions of the same . titution has been engaged during the last two or three yearsin perfecting this model of the safety fishing-boat. CaptainJ. R. Ward, ,its Inspector of Life-boats, has visited duringthat period some of the principal fishing stations on the coastof the United Kingdom, with the view of eliciting from themost experienced fishermen pra
The sea-fisherman: comprising the chief methods of hook and line fishing in the British and other seas, and remarks on nets, boats, and boatingProfusely illustrated with woodcuts on leads, baited hooks, nets and boats, etc., and detailed descriptions of the same . titution has been engaged during the last two or three yearsin perfecting this model of the safety fishing-boat. CaptainJ. R. Ward, ,its Inspector of Life-boats, has visited duringthat period some of the principal fishing stations on the coastof the United Kingdom, with the view of eliciting from themost experienced fishermen practical suggestions, to be incor-porated in the construction of the boat; so that thus she maybe correctly termed an omnium gatherum safety may also be mentioned that the drawings of the boat havebeen furnished by Mr. Joseph Prowse, of Her Majestys dock-yard, Woolwich, who, with the kind permission of the Ad-miralty, superintends the building of all the life-boats of theInstitution. 273 The Safety Fishing-Boat of the Royal NationalLife-Boat Institution. The accompanying figures show the general form, thenature of the fittings, air-compartments, shifting-coamings,and hatches of one of the safety boats, 40 feet in length and14 feet in Fig. 86.—Sheer Plan.
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Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, booksubjectfishing, bookyear1884
