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boats sail principally on the share system ; the smacks, 

 some by the week, some by share, poundage or otherwise. 

 The rig of smacks is principally the dandy rig, of the 



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boats kig, but the lug rig is gradually gaining ground 

 again, though nearly abolished a few years back. This 

 port is undoubtedly the principal port for drift fishing on 

 the east coast of England. 



The next port of registry is Woodbridge, but none of Woodbridge. 

 the fishing vessels registered there sail out of the port, but 

 out of the Aldborough river, and are long-liners only. There 

 are a few vessels also of the same description at Harwich. 



To the port of Colchester belong a number of small cutters, Colchester, 

 which proceed in many cases a long way from home, either 

 oyster-dredging or trawling. Many of these are laid up 

 in the summer, as a great number of the crews leave the 

 port to take berths in yachts from Cowes and district 

 during the season. 



The port of London comes next, where Barking Creek London, 

 may almost be said to be the head-quarters of the long-line 

 and trawl fishery interest The system of apprenticeships 

 has been largely carried on for many years. The number 

 of fishing vessels from this port has rather fallen off of late 

 years. The rig of the vessels is principally cutter and 

 dandy. 



Ramsgate is a port of considerable magnitude as regards Ramsgate. 

 the fishing interest, but principally in respect to trawling. 

 There are a great number of trawlers belonging to this port, 

 but they fish principally in the North Sea, where they form 

 a fleet of their own, and work in a similar manner to the 

 fleets from Yarmouth, Lowestoft and Hull, which will be 

 more fully explained hereafter. The system of apprentice- 

 ships is largely carried on at this port. The drift-boats do 

 more in the mackerel than in the herring fishery. 



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