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  MENHADEN 
  INDUSTKY 
  OF 
  THE 
  ATLANTIC 
  COAST. 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  school 
  and 
  by 
  splashing 
  the 
  water 
  with 
  an 
  oar 
  endeavors 
  to 
  

   prevent 
  their 
  escape. 
  When 
  the 
  two 
  boats 
  meet 
  a 
  large 
  hook 
  at- 
  

   tached 
  to 
  a 
  line 
  made 
  fast 
  to 
  the 
  bow 
  of 
  the 
  mate's 
  boat 
  is 
  caught 
  

   under 
  the 
  center 
  thwart 
  of 
  the 
  captain's 
  boat 
  to 
  prevent 
  them 
  drift- 
  

   ing 
  apart. 
  The 
  torn 
  is 
  then 
  dropped 
  overboard 
  and 
  the 
  men 
  begin 
  

   hauling 
  both 
  ends 
  of 
  the 
  purse 
  line 
  through 
  two 
  snatch 
  blocks 
  which 
  

   are 
  attached 
  to 
  an 
  upright 
  iron 
  support 
  about 
  18 
  inches 
  high 
  called 
  

   the 
  ",crane" 
  and 
  which 
  is 
  fitted 
  in 
  the 
  port 
  gunwale 
  of 
  the 
  captain's 
  

   boat 
  about 
  10 
  feet 
  from 
  the 
  bow; 
  the 
  line 
  is 
  carried 
  directly 
  across 
  to 
  

   two 
  snatch 
  blocks 
  hung 
  to-the 
  starboard 
  gunwale, 
  the 
  one 
  end 
  continu- 
  

   mg 
  on 
  toward 
  the 
  stern 
  and 
  through 
  another 
  block 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  

   same 
  gunwale 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  end 
  going 
  to 
  the 
  men 
  in 
  the 
  mate's 
  boat. 
  

   The 
  ends 
  of 
  the 
  net 
  are 
  hauled 
  into 
  the 
  boats 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  being 
  pursed 
  and 
  

   arranged 
  in 
  an 
  orderly 
  manner 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  be 
  in 
  readiness 
  for 
  the 
  next 
  

   set; 
  when 
  the 
  rings 
  are 
  all 
  in, 
  the 
  tom 
  line 
  is 
  placed 
  in 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  blocks 
  

   on 
  the 
  crane 
  and 
  the 
  tom 
  hauled 
  aboard. 
  The 
  hook 
  referred 
  to 
  above 
  

   as 
  holding 
  the 
  boats 
  together 
  is 
  then 
  released 
  and 
  the 
  bows 
  are 
  lashed 
  

   together. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  sometimes 
  necessary 
  for 
  the 
  striker 
  to 
  tend 
  the 
  cork 
  line 
  to 
  

   guard 
  against 
  its 
  being 
  submerged 
  when 
  the 
  fish 
  are 
  all 
  in 
  the 
  bmit 
  of 
  

   the 
  net. 
  When 
  all 
  is 
  in 
  readiness 
  the 
  captain 
  signals 
  to 
  the 
  pilot 
  to 
  

   bring 
  the 
  steamer 
  alongside 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  transferring 
  the 
  fish 
  to 
  

   the 
  vessel 
  hold. 
  The 
  hanks, 
  which 
  hang 
  along 
  the 
  gunwale, 
  are 
  made 
  

   fast 
  to 
  the 
  beckets 
  on 
  the 
  bunt 
  of 
  the 
  seine 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  hold 
  it 
  close 
  to 
  

   the 
  vessel, 
  and 
  the 
  baiUng 
  begins. 
  The 
  baiUng 
  net 
  is 
  simply 
  a 
  bag 
  

   4 
  feet 
  deep, 
  made 
  of 
  cotton 
  twine 
  and 
  hung 
  to 
  a 
  circular 
  frame 
  about 
  

   4 
  feet 
  in 
  diameter, 
  made 
  of 
  1-inch 
  iron 
  ; 
  it 
  has 
  a 
  wooden 
  handle 
  approxi- 
  

   mately 
  12 
  feet 
  long. 
  The 
  net 
  is 
  suspended 
  from 
  a 
  boom 
  hung 
  to 
  the 
  

   mast 
  directly 
  over 
  the 
  hold 
  and 
  so 
  arranged 
  as 
  to 
  swing 
  back 
  and 
  

   forth; 
  it 
  is 
  raised 
  by 
  a 
  small 
  engme 
  placed 
  on 
  the 
  deck 
  a 
  little 
  aft 
  of 
  

   anndships. 
  The 
  fish 
  are 
  dumped 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  a 
  fine 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  

   bottom 
  of 
  the 
  net 
  and 
  passing 
  through 
  a 
  block 
  hung 
  to 
  the 
  boom 
  

   above. 
  Two 
  other 
  lines 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  rim 
  of 
  the 
  net, 
  one 
  held 
  by 
  

   a 
  man 
  standing 
  on 
  the 
  deck 
  of 
  the 
  steamer 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  by 
  a 
  man 
  in 
  

   one 
  of 
  the 
  seine 
  boats, 
  are 
  designed 
  to 
  assist 
  in 
  guiding 
  the 
  net 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  

   raised 
  and 
  lowered. 
  The 
  handle 
  is 
  controlled 
  by 
  a 
  man 
  standing 
  on 
  

   the 
  deck 
  along 
  the 
  gunwale. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  possible 
  to 
  handle 
  fish 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  a 
  half 
  million 
  an 
  hour 
  with 
  

   this 
  net. 
  When 
  a 
  set 
  is 
  made 
  and 
  the 
  seine 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  empty 
  when 
  

   pursed 
  it 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  ''stab"; 
  when 
  they 
  begin 
  paying 
  out 
  the 
  net 
  

   and 
  the 
  fish 
  are 
  seen 
  to 
  disappear 
  before 
  it 
  is 
  all 
  out, 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  "pull- 
  

   back." 
  The 
  usual 
  time 
  required 
  for 
  making 
  a 
  set 
  and 
  pursing 
  the 
  

   seine 
  is 
  30 
  to 
  40 
  minutes. 
  

  

  No 
  fishing 
  is 
  done 
  at 
  night 
  ; 
  the 
  steamers 
  always 
  make 
  some 
  harbor, 
  

   preferably 
  their 
  home 
  port, 
  but 
  if 
  too 
  far 
  from 
  that 
  they 
  run 
  in 
  to 
  

   some 
  place 
  more 
  convenient. 
  

  

  