FISHING STATIONS— ENGLAND. 2(1!) 



to be brought about by tlie increasing numbers of" deep- 

 sea trawlers. Our recollection of tlie visits we made 

 to this little community is a pleasant one, for we found 

 among the fishermen of the place some who, while 

 believing in the mischievous effects of the system of 

 trawling, could discuss the subject with moderation and 

 intelligence, in marked contrast to the manner in which 

 it was treated by the general body of anti-trawlers. 

 The fisheries were the usual ones for herrings and white- 

 fish, and as cobles were the only boats used there, most 

 of^ the work was done within a few miles of the shore. 

 The line-fishing occupied the men during the greater 

 part of the year, and was the particular method which 

 it was anticipated would suffer from the operations of 

 the trawlers, a few of whom occasionally worked along 

 that coast. The crew of the boats was the same for 

 both kinds of fishing, although the herring cobles were 

 larger than those for the white or line fishing, and con- 

 sisted of three men, with the addition sometimes of a 

 boy. The herring fishery was conducted in the same 

 manner as on other parts of the coast, but as the boats 

 were small, the fleet of nets was not of very great 

 length. As in these small cobles the single mast was 

 altogether lowered when the nets were in the water, 

 no lantern was hoisted, but a coal or charcoal fire was 

 made in a small brazier standing in a flat iron pan at 

 the bottom of the boat ; and this not only answered the 

 purpose of a drift-light, but was useful also for heating 

 the coffee, of which a pannikin was served round in the 

 course of the night. 



After a somewhat varied experience of nights spent 

 at sea, we can look back with pleasure to the time 

 when, snugly wrapped in a sail, and lying at the 

 bottom of a herring coble, we have discussed with 



