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harbours should be constructed/' as defined by celebrated 

 and successful engineers, together with such observations 

 of his own as he may have made at various localities on 

 the coast during many years. 



For the science teaching the general principles of har- 

 bour design and construction the writer, if he may not be 

 considered pedantic in so doing, would propose the term 

 " Limenometry," from the two Greek words, Xt/^, a harbour, 

 and fjierpov, measure or proportion ; and as we have such 

 terms as geometry, trigonometry, &c., the writer thinks 

 he may venture to add the word " Limenometry " to the 

 English language. 



REQUISITES OF A FISHING-BOAT HARBOUR. 



In his prize essay on ' Harbour Accommodation for 

 Fishing Boats on the East and North Coasts of Scotland ' 

 (International Fisheries Exhibition, Edinburgh, April, 

 1882), Mr. Archibald Young, Inspector of Salmon Fisheries 

 for Scotland, mentions that the requisites of a fishing-boat 

 harbour were defined by the Commissioners employed 

 on the last inquiry into the Scotch herring fishery, to 

 be as follows : " The requisites of a perfect fishing-boat 

 harbour are an entrance which will allow the boats to 

 have free access and egress at all times of the tide ; 

 perfect shelter within the entrance ; sufficient space for all 

 the boats that frequent the place to lie together without 

 crowding or jostling ; enough depth of water in every part 

 of the harbour to enable them to be afloat at all times 

 of the tide ; and proper facilities for taking in their 

 nets and gear and landing their fish." 



Mr. Thomas Stevenson thus defines a good harbour : 

 " The combination of the qualities of an easy and safe 



