192 FISH CULTTJKE. 



"In October, 1857, it was stated that Sir G. B. 

 Pechell, M.P. intended to bring under the considera- 

 tion of Parliament, in the approaching session, the 

 whole question of the fisheries of France. Within a 

 few days of that month, twenty-one vessels had 

 arrived at Marseilles with 2, 357,000 kilogrammes of 

 cod-fish." 



Companies have been tried at times, but being in 

 bad hands, and not having been worked properly, 

 they have proved failures, and this has greatly dis- 

 couraged any others from making the attempt. A 

 company was lately proposed, to fish the new fishing- 

 ground known as the Eockall Fishing Station. As a 

 description of this singular spot, I cannot do better 

 than append the letter written to The Times by Mr. 

 Dawson : 



From THE TIMES of November 2, 1861. 

 " SIR, As I have received numerous letters from 

 so many of the principal towns in England, Scotland, 

 Ireland, and the Isle of Man, desiring information 

 about Eockall, what is the mode of fishing there, 

 what size of vessel is suitable, what lines are re- 

 quired, and what markets, stations, and harbours are 

 most convenient, &c., I will, with your kind permission, 

 give them, through the medium of The Times, all the 



