hooks and lines

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hook nEach person in the boat has two lines about twenty-five fathoms long , with two or more hooks. These he flings one on each side of the boat, the end of the line being made fast to the tawart. [etc]. I do not know the amount ever caught by a man with a hook and line in a single day, but it must sometimes be enormous, as it is stated by them as a cause for their devoting their whole time to it that they _have the chance_ every day of catching 5 _l_. worth of fish.DNE-cit NOV.14 1978Used I and SupUsed I and SupUsed

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