CONTENTS 



CHAPTER IX 



THE OYSTER 



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Where the oyster is, and is not, found The Essex and North 

 Kent "flats" Development Re -stocking the beds 

 "Brood" A day of a dredger's life Description of the 

 dredge Hauling up The oyster's companions in the dredge 

 Its enemies Measuring up the "wash" The collecting 

 boat Other kinds of oysters Typhoid 1 . . . 1 1 1 



CHAPTER X 



UNITED STATES FISH AND FISHERMEN 



The States fishermenThe " foreigners "The spring mackerel- 

 fishing The "purse-seine" Fishing by night How the 

 net is cleared Shore-weirs Line-fishing for mackerel 

 The herring The mullet A big catch The " red snapper" 

 Other American fish . . . . . 124 



CHAPTER XI 



THE BRITISH HERRING-FISHERY 



The herring The lugger Night- work Signs I " Lythe " 

 Shooting the tackle How the drift-net is worked The 

 trial shot Shooting a "fleet" The net filling Hauling in 

 The first strike A second shot More than they can 

 carry " Maze," "cran," and " last "Getting rid of the 

 catch . t * . . 133 



CHAPTER XII 



FISHING IN THE MEDITERRANEAN 



Possibilities of the Mediterranean fisheries Migration of the 

 anchovy Shooting the seine for anchovies The moored 

 net Some of its occupants The fisherman's friends and 

 enemies Sharks Saw-fish and sword-fish The tunny 

 Setting the nets Slaughtering the catch Another Sicilian 

 industry Line-fishing . > '. . . . 147 



CHAPTER XIII 



THE PILCHARD THE STURGEON 



The Cornish fisherman The pilchard Shoaling Drift-nets 

 and seines The "seine-boat" Shooting the net The stop- 



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