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sinking when there is no current, and 6 the watch-floats, to show the posi- 

 tion of the buoy when it is drawn under the water by the tide. 



Plate VI shows the manner in which the nets are set at different depths 

 to ascertain where the fish may be found, i being the nets, 2 the foot-lines 

 holding the nets to the bottom, 3 the stone moorings, 4 the buoy-line, and 

 5 the buoy. 



Plate XI shows the way in which the gill-nets were set for underrunnino- 

 in Ipswich Bay. i is the end of a gang of nets, 2 the anchor or underrun- 

 ning line, 3 the anchor, 4 the buoy-line, 5 the buoy. 



In plate XII the fishermen may be seen in their dories underrunning the 

 nets. By this process one man can secure the catch of a gang of nets, for 

 which work an entire boat's crew of six or eight men is required in the Nor- 

 wegian fishery. Under favorable circumstances one man can set a gang 

 of nets by letting the boat drift with the wind or tide and throwing them 

 over as it moves along, but as a general rule two men can accomplish this 

 much better. 



When setting for underrunning the anchor is first thrown over and 25 

 fathoms of line paid out, when the buoy-line is bent to it. The buoy and 

 line are then thrown over, with the remainder of the anchor line, the end of 

 the latter being made fast to the nets, which are the next to follow. A mid- 

 dle buoy is attached to the center of the gang. When the nets are all out 

 the other anchor-line, with the buoy-line attached, is paid out, and last of 

 all the anchor is thrown over. In underruning, the fisherman goes to one 

 of the buoys on the end of his gang of nets, takes it in his dory, and throws 

 it out on the other side, hauls in the buoy-line, allowing it to run out on the 

 other side, and when the anchor or underrunning line is reached, takes it 

 across the dory and hauls along towards the nets. These are underrun by 

 pulling them in one side of the dory, as seen in plate XII, removing the 

 fish, and allowing the nets to pass over the other side into the water, the 

 anchors, which are not disturbed, holding them in position until the work is 

 accomplished. 



