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the large cellar accommodation in some of tlie houses of the 

 village is a partial proof of this ; now, however, there is but 

 little business done. All along the coast, from the Land's 

 End to the Lizai'd, this fishery is conducted, and at St. Ives 

 it is an important industry. 



Mullet Seining. — Mullet seining is carried on up the 

 estuaries all through the autumn. 



Sand Smelt Seining. — Sand smelts {Atherina presbyter) 

 are seined in the estuaries about September. 



Sprat Seining. — Sprats are seined both in the Sound and 

 along the coast. 



Ground Seine Fish. — Ground seine fishing is carried on 

 along the rocks of the Sound at low water, bass {Lahrax 

 lupus), mullet, &c., being caught. These nets are from about 

 twenty to fifty fathoms long. 



5. '' Bultering" or Long Line Fishing. 



Boats. — There are, say, sixty boats following this method 

 of fishing. They are mostly about twelve tons, are " dandy " 

 rigged,* and manned by a skipper and three men. 



About thirty-five of these boats regularly fish with loug 

 lines, but the remainder, say twenty-five and these are the 

 largest of the fleet, fish for herring and pilcbard with drift 

 nets during the season these fisheries are carried on here. 

 These boats carry only a small " fleet '^ of drift nets, suitable 

 for herring and pilchard, and do not fish for mackerel. 



Besides the home bulterers, boats from Looe, Polperro, 

 and other ports in the neighbourhood bring fish to this 

 market at times. 



" Bulters." — The bulterers fish by means of long lines or 

 '' bulters," of from about 2500 fathoms length and less. To 

 these lines hooks are attached at intervals of 1 ^ fathoms, by 

 means of " snoods'' about 3 feet long, made of strong 

 fishing line. There are therefore about 1666 hooks on a 

 line 2500 fathoms long. 



lAnes "Shot." — The lines are ''shot," or laid down at 



* A " dandy " rigged boat is somewhat similar to a yawl, but differs in 

 certain details, tbe most obvious of which are the position of the mizzenmast — 

 it is stepped right aft — and the kind of sail which it carries — a lug-sail. 



