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taken there, and some buildings on the beach, well 

 known by the name of Slapton Cellars, were, we believe, 

 erected for the purpose of curing the fisli in ; but pilchards 

 do not now regularly appear in any numbers mucli to 

 the eastward of the Start. Fishing by handlines and 

 longlines, or bulters, as they are generally called in 

 the West of England, is also carried on ; and there are 

 many localities along this part of the coast in which 

 crabs and lobsters are numerous. 



The fisheries to the east of Torbay are mostly by line 

 and seans ; the latter are much used between Teign- 

 mouth and Exmouth for mackerel, herrings, and occa- 

 sionally for pilchards. Drift-fishing is carried on to 

 some extent from Beer, in the Lyme district, and small 

 luggers — an unusual rig for fishing boats between 

 Cornwall and Sussex — are used for the purpose. We 

 need only further notice on this line of coast the some- 

 what extensive mackerel fishery by seans along the 

 Chesil Beach, chiefly between Bridport and Portland. 

 These seans are about 150 fathoms long and 10 fathoms 

 at the greatest depth, with a small-meshed bag or 

 pocket in the middle of the bunt. They are worked 

 as ground-seans, and hauled in on the beach. The 

 mackerel season lasts from about April to October. 



There is also a little trawling in Weymouth Bay. 



C;HANNEL ISLAXDS. 



It will be convenient to say a few words here about 

 tlie Channel Islands, as their geographical position 

 and the character of their fisheries connect them 

 with the part of the English coast we liave just been 

 considering. 



