42 SEA FISH OF TRINIDAD 
for keeping them alive being practically abandoned in the 
Northern fisheries, as experience has shown that in a well the 
large fish smother each other. 
It will be seen by these notes that a steam-trawler of 
good capacity can be brought out here, ready for action and 
fully equipped for about twelve thousand dollars, and I see 
no reason why the venture should not be a profitable one and 
at the same time supply the Colony with good fresh fish at 
six cents per pound. The curing of fish would be a matter 
for after consideration, but from personal experiments, I am 
satisfied that the “king-fish,” “mackerel”’ and “jack-fish”’ 
could when cured be made a very tasty article of diet. 
