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DEEP-SEA FISHING. 



rope and a half-inch mesh, is used for catching them ; 

 the boats engaged in this work being mostly half- 

 decked, and cutter-rigged, and about five or six tons 

 measurement ; they carry a boom mainsail, gaif top- 

 sail, and large jib, and have each only one man, or 

 sometimes a man and a boy, to work them. 



MORECAMBE BaY ShRIMPEK. 



The shrimps are riddled as there may be time to 

 do it between the hauls, and the small ones are thrown 

 overboard with any young fish which may be taken 

 with them. At times the sifting cannot be completely 

 done on board, and the smaller shrimps are then taken 

 on shore with the others and used for potting. From 

 twenty-five to thirty quarts a day are considered a fair 

 catch for a boat ; and the shrimps have a large sale in 

 the manufacturing districts, and are also well known 

 in the London market. Longlines come into use in 



