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Hull, and giving what we call a good back to the beam, is to 

 lift up the square, in order to catch the haddock, as they are 

 always found to swim further from the ground than other 

 kinds of fish. Therefore the higher the heads are the more 

 haddock are caught. Again, with the ground rope, if the 

 men want to catch soles, some of them resort to chain 

 ground ropes. The smaller and heavier the ground rope 

 the more it attaches itself to the bottom, and the more 

 soles are caught in consequence. The habit of the sole is 

 to keep close to the ground ; and sometimes, I have heard 

 it said by fishermen, the soles are supposed to be buried 

 underneath the sand, and require a great deal of disturbing 

 to get them into the nets. I do not know whether there is 

 anything I have left out ; if so, perhaps Mr. Sims will 

 tell us. 



Mr. SIMS : In fishing hard ground for soles we should 

 shorten the ground rope, and not drag the trawl quite so 

 fast ; just go with the tide. But if we are fishing for hake 

 or haddock, then we say, " Give her sheet ; " that is, force it 

 all you can, so that you do not lift it off the ground. 



Mr. ANSELL : The cost of a first-rate trawler, such as the 

 model now exhibited, with all appliances, and nearly 1,000 

 yards of canvas is about ;i,6oo ; we have many such in 

 Hull, and hope to have many more. The proceeds of 

 the catch on the single boating system are dealt with 

 in this way : A trawler generally makes three voyages, 

 lasting six or eight weeks, and when settling time comes, 

 the working expenses, such as salesmen's commission, 

 the expense of landing the fish, and other little items 

 are taken out first. Then comes the sharing ; the Captain 

 gets a share of if ; the mate i-|-, making 2j shares out 

 of 8, leaving the remainder for the owner, out of which 

 he has to supply the smack and all fishing gear and 



