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differ from tliosc in general use elscvvliere in the number 

 of the })ockets, two, or even tliree, of them bein^^ made 

 along each side. The advantage of these additional 

 receptacles is not very obvious to us, but we have had 

 no opportunity of using nets fitted in this manner. 



Scans are employed for taking sand-smelt and 

 sand-eels; the latter, when used alive, being a most 

 killing bait for almost every kind of line-fish. We are 

 informed by Mr. J. 0. Wilcocks, who has been for 

 many years intimately acquainted with the Guernsey 

 fisheries, that the advantages of the living sand-eel as a 

 bait have been recognized in the islands from time 

 immemorial ; and its use on our own coasts is strongly 

 advocated by that gentleman in his thoroughly practical 

 work on sea fishing' — written especially for the benefit 

 of amateurs, but from which very many professional 

 fishermen may obtain hints likely to be profitable to 

 them. The sand-eel sean — also an old institution — is 

 peculiar in having the bunt made of unbleached calico, 

 with vertical gorings of fine netting inserted for the 

 more easy passage of the water through it. 



Tlie Jersey fislieries, although of much the same 

 character as tliose at Guernsey, are on a considerably 

 smaller scale, not so much from any particular scarcity 

 of fish, but because the Jersey men give their time to 

 other occupations. The oyster fishery there, which for 

 many years was of great importance, has very much 

 fallen off, and now provides employment for only a few 

 boats. 



As might be expected from the rocky nature of the 

 coast and the extent of suitable ground among the 

 islands generally, lobsters and crabs are abundant, and 

 a considerable fishery for tlieni is carried on. The 



' Tlif Sea-F/sJierr/Hw, Longmans ;in<l Co., 2ii(l r'dition (1808). 



