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of the herring — Different seasons at different jilaces — Notice of the seasons 

 at various localities — England, Scotland, Ireland — The herring a northern 

 fish, but not a migrant from the Arctic Sea — " Whitebait " — Considera- 

 tion of the question of its specific distinctness — Seasons for mackerel drift- 

 fishing at various localities — Season for pilchard drift-fishing — Spawning 

 of the pilchard — Season for sprats — Spawning time — Drift-fishing for 

 sprats exceptional Page 97 



III.— LINE-FISHING. 



Universal practice of — Longlines and handliues — Longline, description of, 

 length, number of hooks — Shooting the line — Buoys — Hauling in — 

 Welled-smacks, description and cost of — Baits — Whelks, mode of collect- 

 ing — Enemies of the cod fishermen — Seasons for cod fishing — Longlines 

 and trawlers — Handlining for cod — Description of tackle — Capture of 

 small fish — Variable seasons — Impossibility of catching more than part 

 of the fish in the sea — Large breeding stock must always be left — Storing 

 live cod — Cod-chests — Killing the cod for market — " Live cod " — Coast 

 fishing — Small hookers — Dandy-line, description of — Herrings caught 

 by it at sjjawning time — Only used in Scotland 136 



IV.— SEAN-FISHING. 



Antiquity of — Classification of scans — General description of — Pilchard- 

 seaning — Herring-seaning or "trawling" in Scotland — Ground-sean — 

 Kinds of fish caught by the sean 156 



v.— BAG-NETS. 



The stow-net — Description of and mode of working — Sjirat season — Large 

 takes of sprats by the stow-net — Trim-nets — Bag-nets in Waterford 

 Harbour — Description of — Whitebait net in the Thames .. .. IGl 



VI.— KETTLE-NET AND WEIES. 



The ketllc-net — Description of and localities for — Objections to on account 

 of danger to navigation — Gradual reduction in their number — Weirs — 

 Open to same objection — Description of weirs — Action of — Practically 

 of little value for catching fish 167 



VII.— TRAMMEL OR SET NETS. 



Description of ordinary set-nets — Used for catching turbut, hake, S:c., and 

 crabs in Scotland — Description of the true trammel — Its jieculiar action 

 — Bed mullet at Guernsey 173 



