A FISHING BOAT.
T his P r in t illu stra tes a c o n triv a n c e o f th e C h in e se fishermen for ra is in
g th e ir n e ts : th e frame wo rk is composed o f th a t most useful p lan t
the b amboo, w h ich , u n itin g strength w ith lightne ss, is made use o f on
almost eve ry occasion. W h e n th e we ig h t o f a m an a t the extremity o f
the lever is insufficient to lift a large d ra u g h t o f fish, he is assisted b y a
c om p a n io n , as in the re p re s e n ta tio n ; tlie re st o f th e c om p a n y are em-
plo y ed at d in n e r, s teering, See. protec ted from the su n a n d weather by
a rude cove ring o f m a t s ; the b o at is also p ro v id ed w ith g rap n els, and
a lan tern to p re v en t accidents a t n ig h t. T h e distance is a view o f the
lake P o o -y an g . O n the left h a n d , n ea r the benches, are some mounds
o f ea rth , w h ich o cc u r occ asionally for several miles to g e th e r; the p u rpose
g en e ra lly assigned to them is the re p a irin g an y ac cidental breach o f
th e ca n a l, w ith all possible expedition.
A n o th e r mode o f fish in g , often p ra c tised b y th e C h in e se , is by
means o f a species o f pelican, called th e Leu-tze. See the A c co u n t o f
th e B ritis h Em b a ssy , b y S ir George S ta u n to n , V o l. I I . p . 3SS.
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