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Rh In fihing they make Ue of Hooks and Angles of Iron or Bones. Their Lines are made of cut very mall and thin, and at the End tacked together; and with uch Lines they will draw 100 Fihes to one, our People can catch with their  But to catch  they ue trong Lines made of  or thick

Their Way of fihing the mall Salmon, or Sea Trout is this: At low Water they build mall Encloures with Stone, near the River's Mouth, or any other Place, where the Salmon runs along; and when it begins to flow, and the Tide comes in, the Salmon retreats to the River, and in high Water paes over the Encloure, and remains in the River till the Water again falls; then the Salmon wants to go to Sea again; but then the Fihermen him at the Encloure and top his Paage. And oon after, when the Water is quite fallen, and it is low Ebb, the Salmon remains upon dry Land, and may be caught with Hands. And