SHRIMP-FISHING. 



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amateur shrimp-fishers ; think of the gallons of " shrimp 

 sauce " prepared by our British cooks j and own that the 

 task of computation would defy even as expert an arith- 

 metician as Cassio. In fact, he would be unable to obtain 

 the data on which any accurate computation must neces- 

 sarily be based. Enough to know that tens of thousands 

 of gallons are consumed yearly; and that shrimp-fishing, 

 therefore, deserves to be included amongst our staple in- 

 dustries. Yet it would seem to produce no very tempt- 

 ing return, the wholesale price of a gallon of shrimps not 

 exceeding threepence or fourpence. 



A YOUNG SHRIMPER. 



" Shrimping," however, requires no very costly appar- 

 atus. The net is a simple and inexpensive affair, consist- 

 ing of a framework of wood, to which is attached a kind 

 of reticulated pouch or bag ; and this the shrimper, by 

 means of a long pole, drives before him, as he wades 

 through the shallow water immediately inshore. No 



