176 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



storms. A sort of hook is thrown out, by means of which large quanti- 

 ties of these sea-weeds are brought up, and the shrimps are shaken out 

 of the net into — 



16. A little fish-trunk or can/, (the shrimp-box,) where they are kept 

 alive till used for bait. 



17. A pole called "stampe" is used for stirring up the bottom of the 

 sea in order to bring out the sand- worms which are also used for bait ; 

 these are then caught with a sort of comb or catcher — 



18. Called, in Danish, " krillen," the curl. 



19. Trap for catching snails, also used for bait. 



20. Herring-catcher, for catching herring for bait. 



One may see, on any winter morning, numerous boats, each manned 

 by one or two fishermen and provided with all the different kinds of 

 bait, leave the two villages for catching haddock. The fish, when 

 caught, are thrown into a tub filled with water, which must be con- 

 stantly renewed, or into a sack-like net hanging outside the boat, for it 

 is of the greatest importance to keep the fish alive. In its endeavors 

 to swallow the bait, the hook easily pierces the inner part of the gullet 

 and produces a fatal wound. In order to prevent this, the hook is fur- 

 nished with a piece of tin soldered to it, often in the shape of a little 

 fish. This makes it heavy, and the fish can scarcely get it further down 

 than the gristly parts of the mouth. 



The fishermen encounter more difficulties in striving to keep the fish 

 alive than in catching them. During severe winters, when the sound is 

 covered with ice, the Danish fishermen do not put on skates as the 

 Swedes do, but merely wooden shoes with small spikes in the soles to 

 prevent slipping. Thus shod they start out dragging behind them a 

 sledge furnished with the fishing-impleinents, their temporary house, 

 and its furniture. The house consists merely of a large sail and some 

 poles, and to put this up is the fisherman's first work. He makes him- 

 self as comfortable in this tent as possible. He cuts two holes in the 

 ice, one for his fishing-line and one for the sack into which the fish are 

 to be put. The sledge serves as his chair, the basket containing his 

 food and the tub containing the bait being so placed that he can reach 

 them without moving from his seat. Thus he sits quietly for hours, and 

 returns home in the evening drawing the sledge, whose load is now 

 increased by the tub full of water containing the fish. 



21. A fishing line with the so-called " tin-fish" attached. 



22. A line for catching whiting. 



23. A line for catching mackerel. 



It is interesting to watch from the terrace of the ancient castle of 

 Kronborg, commanding a magnificent view of the sound, the catching, 

 in the spring, of hornfish, which then pass through the sound in large 

 numbers on their way to the Baltic. Two boats always go together, 

 each manned by four men, and a large net stretched out between the 

 boats. Everything, apparently, is quiet; most of the fishermen seem to 



