36 IMPROVED FISHERY HARBOUR ACCOMMODATION 



resort there from the surrounding fishing towns are liable 

 to great risk if a gale springs up from seaward. 



There are only at high-water spring-tides 7 feet 6 inches 

 on the bar. Some improvement has been made, but not on 

 a sufficient scale to deepen the entrance, which, if made 

 good, would accommodate inside hundreds of boats in the 

 estuary of the river Otter. The expense would be too 

 great to provide the means locally, but the writer would 

 recommend a Government loan, on the extinguishment 

 principle, at 6 per cent, 3 to be devoted to clearing off the 

 loan. Thousands of pounds' worth of herrings alone might 

 be caught here if the harbour had at the entrance 3 or 

 4 feet depth at the pier head at low water, the same depth 

 being made good to the inside ; rise of tide, 1 2 feet 6 inches 

 at springs. This river Otter is half-a-mile east of the 

 picturesque watering-place, Budleigh Salterton, and. is on 

 the Rolle Estate. 



BOGNOR, SUSSEX. 



Bognor rocks run off the coast about a mile, and form 

 a natural breakwater, under which coasting vessels often 

 anchor in west winds. 



A good fishing harbour could be made here by raising 

 on the reef of rocks, and running out a breakwater to 

 afford shelter from south and east. 



Every harbour along here being barred, one with a deep- 

 water entrance would be certain to become a considerable 

 fishing station. 



IRELAND, EAST COAST. 



Rosslare Harbour was commenced many years since, 

 and is situated not far from the Tuskar, off the south-east 

 extremity of Ireland. 



