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pleasant time while engaged in their arduous duties, and 

 I recollect one of them telling me that some netsmen 

 had threatened to put his head into a saw-mill if he 

 interfered with their poaching proclivities. 



In the years 1884-1886, the average number of 

 convictions was seventy-three, and the amount of the 



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fines imposed was Kr. 1488 ; while during the years 

 1887-1891, the fines imposed annually amounted to 

 Kr. 3390, divided amongst one hundred and sixty-three 

 individuals. 



Fixed walls of net guiding the fish into a pocket at the 

 end are anchored along the edges of the fjords at each 

 projecting angle of rock which the fish skirt in pursuit 



