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  • Hoderi no Mikoto was very fond of sea-fishing and was in charge of the marine products, while his younger brother Hoori no Mikoto was wonderfully clever at hunting and was in charge of all game.

    Asian-Pacific Folktales and Legends Jeannette L. Faurot 1995

  • Large modern hotels are to be found at St. Ives and Carbis Bay, and the sailing and sea-fishing of the Hayle Estuary are as good as any in all that favoured land of Cornwall.

    Legend Land, Volume 2 Being a Collection of Some of The Old Tales Told in Those Western Parts of Britain Served by The Great Western Railway Various

  • Even Ned Dempster, accustomed to the dilatory, easy-going life of sea-fishing, knew nothing indeed of the drudgery and hustling and flurry of such everyday work as he had stepped into, unawares, among the rough caravan folk.

    The Captain's Bunk A Story for Boys M. B. Manwell

  • English society pretty much confined to the Army and Navy; two golf-courses; the best of bathing, boating and sea-fishing.

    Ranching, Sport and Travel Thomas Carson

  • She and her mate had enjoyed the sea-fishing and had joined a company of forty for swimming parties and other loon festivities; for life on the ocean waves has many interests, and there is never a lack of entertainment.

    Bird Stories Robert J. [Illustrator] Sim

  • For so burly a man, and one with such a chest for the stowage of sea-breezes and monsoons, the skipper was provided with a wonderfully small voice, suggesting, as he lectured upon sea-fishing to the novices who were getting into "snarls" with their tackle hard by where he sat, the circumstance of a tree-toad discoursing from the hollow of a brave old oak.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 40, February, 1861 Various

  • Thor stayed there as a guest for the night, and when he saw in the morning that the giant rose, dressed himself, and prepared to go out to sea-fishing in his boat, he begged him to let him go also.

    Folk-Lore and Legends; Scandinavian Various

  • The fishery resources of Canada are very important, as two of the four great sea-fishing areas of the world border on Canada.

    Canada and Immigration 1944

  • (At this time of year Vin always took care to lock up the cupboard in which his sea-fishing tackle was kept: he was afraid that Mrs. Adie might have her eye on the weights.)

    Mrs. Miniver 1939

  • River and sea-fishing provides occupation for a great number of natives, over 75,000 boats being engaged in this industry.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913

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