Master.—What sorts of fish do you catch?
Fisherman.—Eels, and pike, minnows, eelpout, trout, and lamprey, and such sprats as swim in a river.
Master.—Why don’t you fish in the sea?
Fisherman.—Sometimes I do, but seldom, for it is a long row for me to the sea.
Master.—What do you catch in the sea?
Fisherman.—Herrings, and salmon, porpoises, and sturgeon, oysters and crabs, mussels, periwinkles, cockles, plaice, and soles, and lobsters, and many such things.
Master.—Do you wish to catch a whale?
Fisherman.—No.
Master.—Why?
Fisherman.—Because it is a dangerous thing to catch a whale. It is safer for me to go to the river with my boat than to go with many boats on a whale-hunt.