FISniNG STATIONS— SCOTLAND. 



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this fishery is said, indeed, to have been tlie only one 

 worked in the islands previous to 1815. The lobsters 

 were formerly taken away in welled-smacks, but are 

 now carried by steamers direct to Abei'deen, and thence 

 b\^ rail to London. They are packed with seaweed in 

 boxes ; but it is a question whether they now reach the 

 market in as good condition as wlien they had no land 

 carriage. Crabs are also abundant, but there is little 

 sale for them, as they will not bear packing on the 

 same plan as is adopted for lobsters. Among the other 

 productions of the Orkneys we may mention the 

 familiar periwinkle, of which a large supply is sent to 

 Billingsgate. 



Orkney Fishuni^ Uoats 



The Orkney fishing boats are of two descriptions, of 

 which the large class, measuring from 30 to 36 feet in 

 the keel, are used for the herring fishery, and are much 

 the same as the ordinary Scotch fishing boats. The 

 other class are called skiffs, and average about four tons 



