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a fish-shed. We witnessed the evening catch, which 

 is effected a Httle before sunset. The net, startin^r 

 from the shore, is carried in a boat and gradually laid 

 out in a semicircle of thirty to forty yards. The 

 presence of fish is noticed by the movements of the 

 corks which float on the surface. The net is then 

 hauled in slowly by a couple of men up to their waists 

 in water. It gave quite a good result, consisting of 

 eighteen large salmon, amongst which were tchavy- 

 c/ia, haiko, garbns/ia, and go/^si, averaging over 

 twenty pounds ; the largest fish weighed forty pounds. 

 This operation was repeated several times with about 

 the same result. As soon as the sun goes down the 

 run of fish at once ceases. The fishermen's dogs 

 stood whining around in eager expectation, and re- 

 ceived their share in the shape of small turbots, which 

 they devoured there and then. 



Nights were still cold, and warm blankets were 

 welcome as we turned in early after supper consisting 

 of the customary boiled salmon. On the following 

 morning we were up at 2.30 ready to start, when 

 the Admiral, who had gone out in one of the boats 

 to examine the state of the open water, returned with 

 the unwelcome report that the swell had increased 

 during the night, and was heavier than ever. He 

 added that it was impossible to proceed out of the bay 



