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DEEP-SEA FISHING. 



a certain number of miles of the shore ; hut along the 

 north-east coast, including CuUercoats, small trawlers 

 have occasionally worked for soles even in three fathoms 

 water without much objection, and the mischief was said 

 to be only done in deep water where the haddocks, &c., 

 were supposed by some people to spawn ; and, we must 

 add, where the line fishermen themselves do their best 

 to catch them whether the fish are spawning or not at 

 the time. 



There are numerous fishing villages along the North- 

 umberland coast, but the fisheries are of much the 

 same character at all of them, and cobles are the boats 

 in use everywhere till we come to North Sunderland 

 and Holy Island, There we meet with a distinct class 

 of large sailing boats, which are distinguished from the 



Keel-boats (Holt Island). 



cobles by the name of " keel-boats." They are large, 

 powerful craft, but entirely open, and usually carry a 



