REMARKS ON TRAWLING. Si7 
During the voyage the water which collects from the fishes and the 
melted ice is carefully pumped out by a ‘‘ donkey” engine, so as to 
keep the fish-hold dry. The hold will contain about 700 boxes 
of fishes, and great care is taken to keep it pure. In the Granton 
General Steam Fishing Company’s ships ice is not used during the 
winter, for the fishes can be carried fresh to the market by means 
of one ship acting as “ carrier” daily. In the warmer weather, how- 
ever, ice in bags is taken on board each vessel. Few ships at 
Granton, indeed, have the compartments for packing the fishes in 
ice, with the slips of board for closmg them. This shows that the 
majority fish in the less distant waters. 
In some of the newest vessels the accommodation for all the crew 
is in the aft-cabin, the fore part of the vessel being relegated to 
the fish-hold and stores. This appears to be a decided improvement 
in regard to the maintenance of a cool temperature and pure air 
near the fishes, especially when long voyages are undertaken, 
Formerly the crew had a fore-cabin, and the captain and mate an 
aft-cabin, and in many vessels the same arrangement still occurs. 
The engine-room of the newer vessels is better ventilated, and 
the arrangements for the working of the engines facilitated. Hven 
the ventilators are utilised for the hoisting of cinders from the hold 
by the aid of a small windlass. Moreover, in one the engine-room 
has an entrance from the galley as well as from the side—a con- 
venience in stormy weather. A feature in contrasting the ships 
at Granton and Leith with those at Aberdeen is the small elevation 
of the engine-room above deck in the former. 
In some ships the shrouds from the mizzen-mast are fastened to 
the deck about a yard from the bulwarks, so as to leave a clear 
space for working the trawl. In the larger ships, however, this is not 
necessary, the space in rear of the shrouds being sufficient for the 
trawl, or shrouds are altogether dispensed with, as in the Montrose 
paddle-ships, which have only a foremast. 
The galley for the cook is in many under the bridge in front of the 
engine-room, or in some in the forecastle peak ;* but in the 
Montrose paddle-ships it, with the water-tank, is at the side near 
the paddle. These also have two tow-rails, one in front of the 
cabin for the crew, and one behind the cabin for the captain (aft), 
as the vessels are used for towing. A hand-windlass for raising the 
anchor is also present. 
The average length of the trawl-beam in the best ships is 54 
feet, it being found that a longer beam does not work so satis- 
factorily or catch so many fishes. At Montrose the beam is 52 feet. 
As before, it is composed of two or three pieces of oak or French 
* The presence of a water-closet opposite, in one instance, appears to be objectionable. 
