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working, and to freely discuss every detail of their gear, 

 or less inclination to complain of the Lad times which, 

 there as elsewhere, sometimes fall to tlie lot of the 

 fisherman. 



In the following tables, extracted from the published 

 Eeturns of the Scotch Fishery Board, we give the quan- 

 tities of Shetland cured herrings and white fish for two 

 periods of six 3'ears each, ending respectively in 1862 

 and 1872. They will give some idea of the fluctuations 

 to which from various carses both kinds of fishery are 

 subject. A barrel of white cured herrings should con- 

 tain about two hundredweight of actual fish. 



The Slietland cured lierrings, like those from the 

 eastern coast of Scotland, are principally sent to Prussia; 

 but home markets are found for a great deal of the 

 dried white fish. Spain is the important purchaser of 

 the cod and of a portion of the ling ; some is also sent 

 to Australia, but the ling and tusk find a market chiefly 

 at Dublin, Grlasgow, and Leith. The saithe are sent to 

 Belfast, Leith, and Dundee. 



We may here mention that the enterprising Dutch 

 fishermen frequently work for white fish in the neigh- 

 bourhood of the Shetlands, and their quaint-looking 

 vessels or " busses" may often be seen at Lerwick. 



