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subject is to be obtained from these men ; and I would sug- 

 gest the advisability of employing, say, three trawlers, three 

 drift fishermen, and three hook-fishermen from this port, at, 

 say, two shillings and sixpence a week each, to record the 

 details of their daily fishing. 



The information so obtained should be recorded in a 

 tabular form, a scheme for which I am prepared to submit 

 to you, and the knowledge so gained should point out the 

 changes which are undoubtedly continually taking place in 

 the nature of the bottom, even at a depth of thirty or forty- 

 fathoms, the movements of certain fish from one locality to 

 another, the appearance or disappearance of others, their 

 number, condition, size, time of spawning, &c. The area of 

 observation should be extended east and west along the coast 

 as suitable men in other districts are found to undertake the 

 work. The mass of facts so accumulated would, in my opinion, 

 when considered in relation to accurate records of weather, 

 sea, temperature, &c., be of the greatest value. 



D. Local knowledge offish. 



I would suggest that men like Mr. Dunn, of Mevagissy, 

 Mr. Wilcock, of Plymouth, and others who are in possession 

 of information bearing upon matters concerned with fishing 

 and the movements of fish, information at present known 

 only to themselves, should be invited to communicate what 

 they know to the Journal of the Association, and in certain 

 instances should receive payment for doing so. 



E. Bait. 



I would suggest that the question of the kind of bait it is 

 advisable to use in '' Bulter " fishing, and the supply of that 

 bait, should be a subject of investigation by a competent 

 man. — Walter Heapb. 



Note. — I have not in this Appendix mentioned the work of 

 morphologists in the Laboratory upon the development and 

 breeding of the sole, pilchard, lobster, &c., as this work is 

 already in progress. 



