FISHING STATIONS— ENGLAND. 



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with Mumbles, or Oystermoutb, as it is frequently called, 

 and a considerable number of large open boats is em- 

 ployed from there in dredging for oysters along the 



Cj.ovelly and Tenby Fishing Boats. 



coast and off the land. These oysters are brought in 

 and laid down on " perches " or spaces between tide- 

 marks, the boundaries betw^een them being marked by 

 lines of stones. Each fisherman, or those who work toge- 

 ther, have their owm perch, for which a small rent is paid 

 to the owner of the foreshore, and the oysters are kept 

 there until they are wanted for the market. Along the 

 Swansea beach are placed the weirs and stop-nets pre- 

 viously noticed,^ and in which sprats and other fish are 

 occasionally taken. Line-fishing and a little inshore 

 trawling are also carried on in this neighbourhood. 



Bristol to Padstow— Number of Boats. 



' See Weirs, p. 170. 



