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DEEP-SEA FISHING. 



well not being a tank fitted into the vessel, but a part 

 of the smack itself. Two strong water-tight bulkheads 

 are built entirely across the vessel from keelson to deck, 

 enclosing a large space in the centre of the vessel ; this 



Welled-smack. 



is the "well," and a constant supply and circulation 

 of water from the sea is kept up within it through large 

 auger holes bored in the bottom of the vessel at various 

 distances below the water line. The entrance to the 

 well is on deck, through a hatchway (b) ; and in front 

 and on each side of it ruus what is called the " well- 

 deck " (c), which keeps the level of the water (a) within 

 certain limits when the smack is rolling about or pressed 

 down under sail. Cod are the principal fish put into 

 the well, and when they have been caught in a moderate 

 depth of water, they will live a long time without 

 deterioration under such circumstances. Ling, however, 

 which are generally caught in deep water, and cod from 

 like situations, do not thrive in the vessel's well. There 

 is some mortality also among the healthy fish, arising 



