INTRODUCTION xiii 



I do not propound general schemes of reform or 

 improvement in the interests of deep-sea fishermen, 

 though I have my own ideas on the subject ; but as a 

 final chapter I venture to make suggestions which if 

 adopted would, I think, greatly benefit the country. 



" 'Tis the hard, grey weather 

 Breeds hard Englishmen." 



There is no harder, greyer weather than that of the 

 North Sea ; there are no harder Englishmen than deep 

 North Sea men. 



