the same as those used just before the war ; the tug " Sentiuette " 

 was engaged, and proved to be well suited for the work, the crew 

 assisting the staff of the Marine Laboratory in launching and 

 hauling in the net. They were continued on August 5th, August 

 12th and September 2nd. The weather was favourable on each 

 occasion, and until the last day of the experiments the work was 

 done without event. The experiments came to an end on Sep- 

 tember 2nd, after incidents which go to illustrate the fisherman's 

 attitude with respect to luck and the superstitions relating to his 

 calling. At Skate Roads the fishing was successful and normal. 

 But at the end of the haul in Alnmouth Bay the trawl caught 

 an anchor or wreck, with the result that the beam was broken close 

 to the iron. The beam was replaced and the net mended on our 

 passage to Druridge Bay, but for some reason the net failed to 

 fish, evidently not reaching the ground, and the total catch was 

 a Cyanea. The experiment had therefore to be repeated, and at 

 a slower rate, and with more warp the fishing was a success. Then 

 we proceeded to the last bay of the series, Blyth Bay, and the 

 net was only down for twenty minutes when it was caught on a 

 wreck, as we found when we attempted to release the net. During 

 the process the rope was accidentally cut, and the trawl left at 

 the bottom. Next day at low water the wreck was quite con- 

 spicuous, and, in fact, there are two of them lying north and south 

 of one another, about equally distant from the shore. We escaped 

 the wrecks on the days of our previous visits by fishing according 

 to the state of the tide just outside them, but on the day in 

 question, at about high water of a spring tide, we approached a 

 little nearer the shore. With the aid of a water telescope, which 

 I got made at the College, the net was discovered and marked, 

 and as soon as the "Evadne " is ready we propose to make an 

 attempt to raise it. It would take too much time to prepare 

 fresh gear, and as it happens we have the information we require, 

 and there need not therefore be any delay in presenting and con- 

 sidering it.* 



The results in detail are given in the following table (Table I.) 



* This paper was presented in outline at the October meeting of the Northumbeikmd 

 Sea Fisheries Committee. 



