LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ix 



FACING PAGE 



HAULING THE TRAWL " SET BACK ON HIM !" . . . 144 



DIAGRAM SHOWING THE WORKING OF THE OTTER TRAWL . 146 



THE OLD TUGS WHICH WERE THE FIRST OF NORTH SEA STEAM- 

 TRAWLERS . v . . . . . .148 



A NORTH SEA SKIPPER IN A STEAM-TRAWLER'S CABIN THE 

 CABIN OF A STEAM-DRIFTER, SHOWING THE SKIPPER'S 

 BUNK .. :. f ". . . . . .150 



LOADING THE BOAT WITH TRUNKS OF FISH FERRYING FISH 



TO THE CARRIER ... . . . . .152 



HAULING UP LIVE FISH FROM THE WELL OF A DUTCH BOTTER 



A TRUCK FOR CARRYING LIVE FISH IN TANKS . .158 



A HERRING FLEET > . ;. . . . . 168 



THE UNPARALLELED FLEET OF CARRIERS AND TRAWLERS AT 

 BILLINGSGATE DURING THE GREAT RAILWAY STRIKE IN 

 AUGUST 1911 . . . . . .174 



A SCIENTIFIC STEAM-TRAWLER, THE HUXLEY A STEAM- 

 TRAWLER LEAVING ABERDEEN . . . . .178 



SCOTCH HERRING-BOATS H.M.S. THRUSH, FORMERLY COM- 

 MANDED BY KING GEORGE, ON NORTH SEA FISHERIES 

 PROTECTION DUTIES . . . ' . ' . * .190 



THE NEW GENERATION OF NORTH SEA MEN THE GENERA- 

 TION THAT HAS PASSED . . . . . .196 



A COPER IN A SAILING FLEET . . . . .200 



A NORTH SEA SKIPPER IN HIS "DOPPER," OR BLANKET 



OVERALL . .* . . . . . . 204 



THE MATE OF A NORTH SEA STEAM-TRAWLER . V .208 

 A NORTH SEA BOAT COMING ALONGSIDE . . '> . 212 



THE CREW (WITH Two VISITORS) OF A NORTH SEA MISSION 

 SHIP THE HOSPITAL OF THE /. AND S. MILES, IN WHICH 



THE MEN WOUNDED IN THE RUSSIAN OUTRAGE WERE 

 TREATED . 2l6 



