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cod-fisliing. The boats used with tlie longliiies are 

 open yawls — the true "Norway skiffs"; they are like 

 whaleboats, about 20 feet on the keel, 28 feet over all, 

 and 8 feet beam. One large lug is the only sail carried, 

 but six oars can be used when necessary. These boats 

 are wonderfully handled by the fishermen, and go long 

 distances to sea ; but, good as they may be, they are 

 hardly fit to contend with the very bad weather so 

 frequent there in winter. They are called " haaf " or 

 deep-sea boats. 



.SnETLANn Yawl. 



A smaller class of boats of the same description, but 

 usually carrying only three men, is used for tlie saithe 

 fishery inshore. 



On some parts of the west coast, cod and ling are 

 fished for near the land in February and March, but 

 this fishery is only a partial one, and many of the fish 

 then caught are very small. A few haddocks are also 



