China : a history of the laws, manners and customs of the people . mm -Ml 4h XXX.] FISHING WITH CORMOIIANTS. 297 river, anglers use a very strong rod, not more than tour or Jivefeet long. A large wheel is attached to it, and round this aline of twenty yards long is wound. With this clumsy rodthe angler seldom fails to fill his creel. Worms are often usedas bait. At Pekin the bluebottle fly is in great request forthis purpose. The most singular method, however, of capturing fish is byemploying cormorants. In the river on which stands the cityof Tsung-fa, the capital of an extensive district of
China : a history of the laws, manners and customs of the people . mm -Ml 4h XXX.] FISHING WITH CORMOIIANTS. 297 river, anglers use a very strong rod, not more than tour or Jivefeet long. A large wheel is attached to it, and round this aline of twenty yards long is wound. With this clumsy rodthe angler seldom fails to fill his creel. Worms are often usedas bait. At Pekin the bluebottle fly is in great request forthis purpose. The most singular method, however, of capturing fish is byemploying cormorants. In the river on which stands the cityof Tsung-fa, the capital of an extensive district of Kwang-tung,1 saw fishermen capturing large quantities of fish by means ofthese birds; and again, in 1862, two years later, in a mountainriver in the same district, I had another opportunity of witness-ing this singular method. The fisherman, standing on a raft orcatamaran, took up his position in the middle of the the catamaran there were stationed four or five cormorants,which at a signal dived into the waters to search for fish. Toprevent the birds s
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