310 GEOGRAPHICAL HE VIEW OF THE FISHERIES. 



There are fully fifty fyke-uets employed. These are set thus: At about the center of oiie side 

 of the heart of a pouud-net a hoop-fyke is attached, opening into the heart ; when the net is lifted, 

 instead of "bunting" the net toward the further end of the bowl and then bailing the fish out, as 

 is usually done, they are driven into one of the hearts, and thence into the fyke; the end of this is 

 lifted into a boat into which the fish are emptied. The mesh in these fykes is very fine. Fyke- 

 nets are also set all along the shore in shallow water, and catch chiefly bass, flounders, and perch. 



There is no hook-and-liue fishing of importance. Eel-pots are set all along the river. In 1879 

 probably $900 worth of eels were taken. 



The capital invested in the fisheries of this district is about $8,500, and the number of persons 

 employed is 75. The products are valued at about $8,000. 



