THEIR ROUND OF LIFE AND LABOUR. on 
last). The first samples of these kippers were prepared 
for public sale in 1846, and now herrings cured in that style 
have a firm hold of the market. 
In the year 1881 the take of herrings by the Yar- 
mouth boats amounted, we are told, to 16,725 lasts, or 
220,770,000 individual herrings. As to the curing pro- 
cesses in vogue at Yarmouth, it may be stated here that 
they vary according to the future of the fish. Bloaters 
are not “gypped” (i.e. gutted), but other kinds of cured 
fish are, just as in Scotland. The “curing works” at 
Yarmouth are well worthy of being visited when the 
herrings are on hand. They are perfect hives of industry. 
There are registered at the port of Great Yarmouth 621 
vessels of all kinds, of 15 tons and upwards, and these 
boats employ 5160 hands on board; there are besides a 
large number of boats under 15 tons that rendez- 
vous at the same port—there are, for instance, 300 
boats from various ports of Scotland, that come south 
to the herring fishery; there are, including shrimpers, 
150 other vessels, as well as 120 smacks, from Gorleston. 
The Scottish boats which fish at Yarmouth, it may be 
stated, are smaller than the local vessels, and carry suites 
of finer netting. They fish for the fresh herring trade, and 
run into port with their catch for immediate sale. It is 
interesting to note that, if the number of herrings recorded 
above were to bring one halfpenny each to their captors, 
the sum would amount to £459,937. The herring fishery 
only occupies a small portion of the time of the Yarmouth 
fishermen ; how the remainder of their time is occupied 
will be seen by consulting another division of this work 
—THE FISHERS OF THE GREAT NORTH SEA. 
