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Drift Boats. — Drift boats are chiefly built in Penzance 

 and St. Ives ; a few are built in Portlileven, and Looe, and 

 three boat builders in Plymouth also build them. 



Soohers. — Hooking boats are built here in five yards and 

 are also obtained from St. Ives. 



2. 8 ail Mahing. 



Sail making is carried on, I understand^ on a sufficient 

 scale to supply the wants of the port. The sails, which are 

 supplied to the fishermen ivliite, are tanned by them in order 

 to make them last the longer. 



Trawlers tan their sails with a solution of bark. Drifters, 

 on the other hand, tan the sails of their boats with a solu- 

 tion of catechu_, the same as they use for their nets. 



3. Ro^ie Mahing and Fishing-line Mahing. 



These industries are carried on in Plymouth. In the case of 

 fishing lines, however, the fishermen use, besides those made 

 by local manufacturers, lines obtained from Ireland, Scotland, 

 and London. The lines are sometimes "tanned " or "barked" 

 by the fishermen themselves for preservative reasons. 



4. Net Breeding. 



Trawl Nets. — Trawlers breed their own nets, and the 

 method used by them for preserving the net has already 

 been mentioned on p. 49.* 



Drift Nets. — Drifters do not obtain their nets in Plymouth ; 

 particulars as to where the nets are made and how they are pre- 

 pared by the fishermen here have already been given on p. 61. 



5. Fish Curing. 



Herring, Hahe, Haddoch. — Two or three small establish- 

 ments are engaged in curing herring*, hake, and haddock, 

 but the business is only on a very small scale. 



Pilchards. — A couple of establishments are concerned in 

 the preservation of pilchards. Some few years ago pilchards 

 were sent by rail and sea from Plymouth to be salted at 

 St, Ives, Newlyn, and other Coimish ports. Now about half 

 the pilchards landed here are cured on the spot. 



* The cost of a trawl with spans and hawser is £51. 



