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thirty-tew over for every hundred, that's thirteen thousand tew hundred. I reck- 

 ened it up this mornin' at tew hundred an' sixty-four thousand ! they fetched 9 

 a last; that warn't a bad bit of work. Grales an' bad luck play the mischief up 

 with us sometimes. 



' We git paid in proportion to our takes, yer know, So much on the last, or 



JIM TRETT'S FERRETS. 



otherwise by the ' dole ' (share). Theer's 'leven on us from skipper to boy. A good 

 season ; and some may have tu take 40 or 50 for their share, which ain't bad, 

 seein' as we fish from the end of July tu Christmas. Bad luck it is as spiles us 

 when we * make up ' in debt ! It's a lottery, 'bor, it are. 



* Yew've seen the Fish wharf, ain't yew, when the fishin's in full swing ? Ain't 

 it a sight tu see the fleet of boats put in an' out, and the full herrin' swills (baskets) 



