Il8 THE TECHNIQUE OF TRAWLING 



sudden jerks due, for example, to the swell. This is quite unnecessary as 

 the elasticity of the long wire affords ample protection. We therefore used 

 no accumulator on the Galathea. 



According to circumstances, trawUng is stopped after an hour or two 

 and the wire hauled in. Hauling in, Hke paying out, takes several hours. 

 While it is in progress the ship's speed is reduced in order to prevent the 

 trawl, which it is hoped will now be full, from travelling too swiftly 

 through the water. It is outside the scope of this chapter to describe the 

 excitement which animates the whole ship as the trawl approaches, and 

 what takes place when it comes aboard. But all who have had the pri- 

 vilege of experiencing this direct encounter with the mysterious deep know 

 that it is a happy moment when a tired but contented fishmaster and his 

 men after a successful trawl can supply the ship's biologists with a good 

 catch. And then begin the preparations for the next trawl. 



