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prepare for the long-lining in deep water, and there, as 

 the winter comes on, the cod are again found in large 

 numbers. 



When the smacks arrive with their cargoes of live 

 and dead fish at Grimsby, the cod in the well are taken 

 out by means of long-handled landing nets, and are 

 placed in wooden boxes or chests which are kept float- 

 ing in the dock ; there the fish are stored till wanted 

 for the market. These cod-chests are seven feet long, 

 four feet wide, and two feet deep ; the bottom is made 



Grimsby Cod-chest. 



of stout battens placed a short distance apart, so that 

 the water penetrates freely to the interior, as it does 

 also between the planks of which the sides and ends 

 are built up. The top is wholly planked over, except 

 in the centre, where there is an oblong opening for 

 putting in and taking out the fish. This opening is 

 closed by a cover when the chest is in the water. Two 

 ropes or chains are fixed in the ends of each chest for 

 convenience in moving it about and hoisting it out of 

 the water. About forty good-sized cod, or nearly a 

 hundred smaller ones, may be put into one of these 

 chests, and will live there without much deterioration 

 for about a fortnight. There are usually as many as 

 400 of these chests in the Grimsby fish-dock, some- 



