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own. Xumber 7 hooks are used, and the distance between them is from 

 6 to 7 feet. Long-lines are always set on the i)ottom, and jilass Jloats 

 are not used. Tlie buoys are Scotch. I'liey use on the hand-lines a 

 lead in the form of a hand-lead, through which is bored a hole wherein 

 is placed a wire about two feet long, one on each side of the lead. On 

 the ends of the wires sticks are fastened, on the ends of which are 

 placed larger hooks, and in the middle smaller ones. Each hand-line 

 thus has at the most four hooks. 



G. Herring are used for bait whenever they can be obtained; in tiie 

 absence of these, wolf-fish and halibut are preferred, mussels also 

 being used to some extent, and occasionally lug- worms {Arenicola). The 

 last kind of bait is used mostly on the west coast. 



7. The stoniach contents of the cod are principally crabs and mussels; 

 sometimes also smaller fishes of other species. 



8. (yod fishing at Iceland with boats is prosecuted also by the Faroe 

 Islanders. They send their boats over to Iceland on the mail-steamer 

 and let them remain during the winter on the island. The I'aroe peo- 

 ple fish exclusively with long-lines, and are the best boat -fishermen at 

 Iceland. They sell tisb, for the most i»art, in the salteil state. I>(!si«k's 

 French and English fishing vessels, of which there are plenty at Ice- 

 land, are found also some Danish and Norwegian craft, which always 

 fish with hand-lines ofi" the coast, but never nearer than 1 mile iiom 

 the land. The Danish fishing vessels are accustomed to lie at ancho'^ 

 in August in the fiords and carry on long-line fishing with boats, which, 

 as a rule, yields the best results, because at this time there is generally 

 a good opportunity to obtain fresh bait. 



9. My longest stop in Iceland was in Isafjor<l, and <luring that time 

 I examined the larger fishing jilaces here as well as at Eolongevvig and 

 Altafjord. As the mail-steamer enters most of the fiords and sl()])s 

 irom six hours to two days in each, I next had a good opi)ortunity to 

 examine Westmanerne, Keykjavik, Eskefjord, Seydisfjord, llusavik, 

 Ofjord, Siglefjord, Sudakrog, Skagestrand, and Itc^kjafjord, besi<les 

 making a journey to Arnafjord. Thus I examined the drying-jdaces in 

 Iceland in the localities mentioned and collected information from the 

 peo])le concerning the mode of handling klii)-tish and various other 

 items concerning the Iceland fisheries. From the information which J 

 <-t»Ileeted in the different places, it appears that the method of handling 

 lisli is i)ractically the same everywhere; but it results best in Iiciykja- 

 vik iin<l therealxmts and in fsaf^jord, this being due to the more favor- 

 able condition of the weather during the drying season. 



