CONTENTS. 



INTKODUCTOEY. 



Fisheries a subject of interest and importance to this country — Fishermen 

 commonly unacquainted with many of the habits of fisli — Improvement 

 in the appliances for fishing — Fisheries not a nursery for the Navy — 

 Condition of the fisheries — Supply of fish to the markets — Impossibility 

 of estimating it — Effect of the extension of railways and the use of ice on 

 the development of the fisheries — Great increase of trawlers — Immense 

 demand for fish — Prices — The fish trade — Salesmen and fishmongers 



ERRATUM. 

 Page 389. Line 7 from foot, /w " fathoms " read "yards." 



— .Size and description of trawl-smacks — Improved rig — Cost of vessels 

 and gear — Barking sails — Working the trawl — Shooting the net — 

 Towing — Action of the trawl — Ground-fish and floating fish — Piesistance 

 of the water — Heaving up — Hoisting in the fish — Varied contents of 

 trawl — Suitable weather — Depth of water — Condition of trawl-fish — 

 Classification of — "Prime atul offal" — Abundance of certain kinds — 

 Fishing grounds, continued supply from — Plymouth, Brixham, North Sea 

 — Discovery of Silver Pit — Large number of trawlers 51 



II.— DEIFT-NET FISHING. 



Long practice of — How the fish are caught — Proper time for fishing — 

 Description of drift-nets, materials, size — Yarmouth luggers, how fitted 

 up — Herring fishing — Shooting the net — " Driving " — Interference by 

 trawlers — Regulations to prevent it — Hauling the nets — Mackerel fishing 

 — Pilchard fishing — Looking for herrings — " Appearances " — Phospho- 

 rescent water objectionable — Effect of sounds on fish — Regular appearance 



