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THE LOFFODEN FISHERY IN 1880. 



571 



according to which the explanations of shipwrecks occurring of late 

 years are recorded. In these six years 95 persons were lost by ship- 

 wreck, 21 by other accidents, and 282 were rescued 5 so that 75 per 

 cent, of the shipwrecked were saved. 



Table XXXVII. 



Table XXXVIII shows the mode in which the shipwreck took place, 

 the cause so far as this has been ascertained, and the size of the boat. 

 Of the 51 shipwrecks which have occurred in the last three years, 21, 

 or 41 per cent., were caused by wind storms ; 15 or 30 per cent., by heavy 

 sea, and 9, or 18 per cent., by collision. Nearly the half (25) might have 

 been avoided. Sixteen of these, or 64 per cent., were due to carelessness ; 

 7, or 28 per cent., to rashness. Shipwreck occurred most frequently 

 among line-boats, between four and five out of every 1,000 boats, which 

 is a. natural result of the business. Among net and deep-sea boats, 

 there are two or three shipwrecks to every 1,000 boats. 



