KISIlIXd S'l'ATIONS— ENGLAND. 



90' 



tliut iiowliL'io olsu have we lieard of clrilt-fiyliiiig ' for 

 sprats. The shrimp fishery, for wliich Feg'well Ba_y, 

 near Raiiisgate, has so long been famous, is still suc- 

 cessfully worked ; but it is carried on entirely by men 

 who wade through tlie shallow water near the shore, 

 pushing before them a wide - mouthed shrimp - net, 

 fastened to a light semicircular frame. 



The line-fishing along this coast is not very important. 

 Inshore trawling is carried on eastward of Dungeness, 

 as well as in Rye Bay ; and we have recently seen the 

 Folkestone luggers, which trawl after the drift season 

 is over, bring in large numbers of marketable whiting 

 — from eight to sixteen baskets to a boat — which had 

 been taken within three miles of the shore. 



Faversham to Colchester — Number of Boats. 



With the exception of the London First Class vessels, 

 many of the fishing boats belonging to the estuary of 

 the Thames are employed during a great part of the 

 year in the oyster and shrimp fisheries. In winter tlie 

 larger of these craft go " stow-boating," as it is called ; 

 and plenty of occupation is given to the smaller ones at 

 the different seasons in the whitebait and other river 

 fisheries. The large London vessels, now 149 in number, 

 consist of 110 trawlers and 39 cod-smacks; but beyond 



' See Drift-fishiivj, p. 135. 



