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INTERNATIONAL LAWS FOR THE 



Dover. 



Rye. 



Hastings. 



Shoreham. 



Dartmouth. 



Plymouth. 



Penzance 



The rig here is chiefly cutter and dandy for trawlers, lu 

 for drifters. 



There are about twenty trawlers belonging to the pori 

 of Dover. They work principally at the Ridge and the! 

 Varne. They are dandy rigged. 



At the port of Rye there are about forty vessels, princi 

 pally medium-sized drifters. They prosecute the herring 

 and mackerel fisheries both at home and in the North Sea 

 and at Plymouth. They are lug-rigged. Rye Bay is c ! 

 good trawling ground, and much worked by vessels frorr 

 ports on this coast. 



At Hastings there are some small drifters which worl 

 similarly to the Ryemen, but the boats are necessarily 

 small, as they have to work off the beach when at home 

 there being no harbour for them. They are lug-rigged. 



There is a similar class of boats at Shoreham which als<| 

 prosecute the North Sea, home, and westward mackerel anc 

 herring fisheries. These are also lug-rigged. 



Dartmouth for Brixham is the next port to be glanced ai 

 It may be said to be entirely a trawling port. Of late year 

 these vessels have had to proceed principally to the Nortl 

 Sea for fishing. This may be accounted for in two ways 

 Firstly, the better fishing to be got farther away fron 

 home ; secondly, the great improvement in the vessels them 

 selves, both in build and tonnage. They are principal!; 

 cutter and dandy rigged. There are some apprentices here 



There is a fair number of vessels from Plymouth, but thei 

 are principally trawlers. What drifters there are, prosecut 

 principally the mackerel and pilchard fisheries. Many c. 

 the trawlers work in the North Sea, though it is a longwa; 

 from home. The system of apprenticeships is not muc 

 carried on here. The rig is chiefly cutter and dandy. 

 Penzance is the next port to be noticed. In contra-distinc 



