CO FISHERY. 



they have done with one piece of the net, they 

 put out another, and fo on, until all the twenty- 

 four pieces are let down, after which they throw 

 out the laft krake, which communicates, as has 

 been faid already, with two barrels, that indicate 

 the laft end of the net. 



The net is left there the whole night, and, if the 

 weather is fair, the men flay out near it. If not, 

 they return to fliore, and fix fome landmarks, that 

 they may be able to find the net the next morning. 

 The pilot then fets about drawing it up ; he be- 

 gins, by taking up the firft krake, and then draws 

 the nets, taking care not to pull them when the 

 waves lift the boat upwards, but only when it goes 

 down with the water. Meanwhile, two men row 

 on$ according as the nets are drawing up. If 

 any part of the nets happens to be faftened to the 

 rocks, they feparate the piece, that has been 

 already drawn up, from thofe that remain below, 

 and they draw them up by the other end, where 

 the two barrels are. The more Mi there is in the 

 nets, the eaiier it is to draw them, and, in general s 

 the haling of nets requires more dexterity than 

 ftrength. 



Formerly they ufed to prepare their fifh in Bund- 

 meur, in the fame manner as they do in North- 

 land, that is, in the ftock-fifli way. But fmce the 

 beginning of the laft war, they have learned to 

 cure cod, according to the method of the Bafques, 

 which, as it brings a better price for the fifli, is 



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