760 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



The reason why the average results of the fourth voyage fall so far 

 short of those of the second and third is not only that large hauls of 

 fish are not very frequent during the second half of October and during 

 November, but also that the stormy weather which often prevails during 

 these months occasions great losses of nets. If a ship loses her nets, 

 she may occasionally — this has also happened to some of the Emden 

 ships — return without having caught anything. Such failures will of 

 course make the average lower, while it would be higher if we were to 

 count only those voyages on which anything is caught. The "logger" 

 which was lost during the fourth voyage in 1874 has been counted in 

 our statistics. 



With the exception of losing nets, the Emden " loggers " have been 

 very fortunate in being preserved from accidents. Oue of the " loggers " 

 ran ashore on one of the Shetland Islands in 1876. It was got afloat 

 again but had to lie in Lerwick several weeks to undergo repairs, and 

 thus lost one voyage. This was the only case in which an Emden " log- 

 ger" has only made two voyages during a season. In former times the 

 "buisen"(the old vessels) only made one voyage, rarely more than 



