Perils Attending the Fisheries. 



There is scarcely a branch of business in the known world which 

 is pursued with such a fearful loss of life and property as that which 

 attends the fisheries. To watch the pretty crafts when they sail away 

 on their summer cruises for mackerel, gives one an idea that such an 

 avocation is replete with enjoyment. These trips are in reality very 

 pleasant, affording considerable excitement, much jollity, and agree- 

 able labor, which yield good returns ; this may well be called the 

 sunny side of the picture, for such it really is, although during the 

 latter portion of them, in the autumn months, rough weather is often 

 encountered with its accompanying dangers. 



When, however, winter comes, and the necessities of the fisher- 

 men, many of whom have large families, render it imperative that 

 they must follow winter fishing on Georges or to the Banks, then is 

 presented a far different aspect. The summer with its balmy breezes, 

 pleasant weather, clear skies and placid waters, gives place to the 

 keen blasts, piercing cold, boisterous winds, murky sky and raging 

 waters. Then the thick driving snow-storm, the terrible gales with 



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