1 6 APPARATUS. 



untied, and the contents shaken out. The pro- 

 duce, depending somewhat on the nature of the 

 ground, generally consists of red mullet, different 

 species of gurnard, flat-fish, skate, ray, with 

 abundance of Asteria, Crustacea, and Echini. The 

 saleable fish being selected, the tail of the netting 

 is retied and the net again lowered to the ground, 

 and while the vessel continues its course the 

 refuse of one haul of the net is swept overboard 

 to make room for the produce of the next. 



On some parts of the Dorsetshire and Devon- 

 shire coast the trawling boats and their appa- 

 ratus are much larger than those here described, 

 the former being cutter-rigged vessels of seventy 

 or eighty tons burden, and their nets of thirty-six- 

 feet beam. Where the water is deep this mode 

 of fishing is successfully practised either in the 

 day or night; but if the water is shallow and 

 clear but little success is to be obtained in the 

 day. On the coast of Norfolk trawling has been 

 followed during the last few years with great 

 success, the number of smacks sailing from 

 Yarmouth alone numbering from eighty to ninety, 

 each making eight trips a year, and catching 

 during that time from 140 to 160 packages of 



