78 THE SILVERY HOSTS OF THE NORTH SEA. 



can be placed; sometimes 

 even two and three boats 

 deep ; the herrings from 

 the outer tier being passed 

 in baskets over the decks 

 of the two inner ones ; the 

 boats alongside the wharf 

 delivering their herrings ; 

 while those lower down 

 the river, having freed 

 themselves from their 

 burden of fish, are again 

 busily engaged taking in 

 fresh stores preparatory 

 to their next voyage. Oc- 

 casionally during the sea- 

 son the whole of the space, 

 from the beginning of the 

 fish wharf to some dis- 

 tance beyond the ferry, is 

 occupied by boats deliver- 

 ing their catch of her- 

 rings; and the shed and 

 the wharf, with an aggre- 

 gate space of about 10,000 

 square yards, are covered with wicker baskets, called 

 swills, each holding five hundred fish, awaiting sale or 

 removal to the different curing premises. The boats, 

 as they complete their delivery of fish, have to seek 

 at once other quarters in the river, to make room for 

 those arriving with later catches. 



NELSON'S MONUMENT. 



