METHODS OF FISHING 53 



causing them to pass between converging walls of stakes 

 or basket work, until they enter an enclosure, the floor 

 of which is covered by a net. When the fish have 

 gathered in the enclosure, the net is pulled up. 



The simplest form of inshore fishery is that for peri- 

 winkles, in which they are simply picked off the rock. 

 Mussels live on the sea bottom, on the lower half of the 

 foreshore. They generally attach themselves to a 

 stone by a thread. They are usually collected at low 

 tide by hand or, when submerged, are raked from the 

 bottom. The rake is from 2 to 3 ft. wide, and is furnished 

 with teeth 10 ins. long, the back of the rake being 

 covered with netting. Sometimes the mussels are 

 submerged even at low water and then a short rake is 

 used. 



Cockles live about an inch or so below the surface of 

 the sand, and maintain a connection with the water 

 above by means of small tunnels in the sand. They 

 occur abundantly in many places between high and low 

 watermark. When the cockles are abundant they are 

 raked out of the sand, the rake being from 10 ins. to 

 1 ft. wide, with teeth 1 in. long. The cockles are 

 riddled, the small ones being rejected. When the cockles 

 do not exist in such large numbers, they are obtained 

 by means of a " jumbo." This is essentially a block 

 of wood, 3 or 4 ft. long, and 1 ft. wide, furnished with 

 two upright handles. The jumbo is rocked to and fro 

 on the surface of the sand, with the result that the 

 cockles are gradually worked up to the surface. 



