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the population, and by such means become their own 
purveyors. 
Denmark finds a supply of fish along the shores of Jut- 
land, in the Kattegat and the Belts ; their line-fishing is 
confined to these waters, and is prosecuted with vessels 
of small tonnage and by open boats. They make no 
attempts to supply other nations, and on the other hand 
they do not need to purchase to any great extent from 
abroad. 
Sweden sends a large fleet of fishing vessels to the line- 
fishing in the North Sea. Their vessels are not attractive 
in appearance ; having a keel short in proportion to the 
length over all, they present a rather unsightly picture, but 
are constructed with a view of riding at anchor in the 
open sea. They are probably the best model for such a 
purpose. 
They are usually manned with twelve hands. The vessels 
are mostly laid up during the winter months from Novem- 
ber to March, and for the rest of the year they are occupied 
principally in long-line fishing between the latitudes of 57° 
and 63° N. They carry on their operations along the edge 
of the great bank which runs along the deep-water channel 
fronting the Norwegian coast, and is commonly known as’ 
the Reef; but several of them have of late years moved 
westwardly to within fifty miles of the north of Scotland. 
Their practice is to place their lines on sloping ground, 
from a less to a greater depth of the sea, sometimes to as 
much as 200 fathoms, a depth so considerable that almost 
all other fishermen shrink from the severe labour entailed 
in hauling them in again. The hardy Swede, however, 
appears to take it all as a matter of course, and is 
frequently rewarded for his toil by immense catches of 
ling and other kinds of fish. 
