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something of the kind might not with the utmost 

 ease be carried out. I know of one small pool, near 

 Titchfield, at the mouth of Southampton Water, where 

 lobsters are placed ; and this is a mere stew, in which 

 they are kept for a few days until required. There 

 are, however, as I have said, numberless places where 

 fortunes could be realized, and vast stores of food 

 provided for the people. 



There are many other species of fish and kinds of 

 fisheries on our coasts, which I might perhaps touch 

 upon with advantage ; but it is not my purpose at 

 present, while the subject possesses so little general 

 interest, to go at all deeply into it. I merely point to 

 the state and treatment of the sea fisheries, and the 

 general means whereby they may be improved. At 

 some future period possibly, when the subject has 

 challenged the notice and inquiry of the public, and 

 become more popular, it may be worth while to go 

 somewhat more particularly into it. 



place where the seed is to grow. The same tile he coats a second 

 time, and so on, as long as the seed will deposit upon it. In short, 

 wherever the violence of the currents and the instability of the 

 bottom do not present irresistible obstacles, the cultivation of 

 oysters has become a lucrative business. " 



