124 NORTH SEA FISHERS AND FIGHTERS 



still further to 486,000, in 1880 to 976,000, and last 

 year to 1,767,544 barrels a record of phenomenal 

 progress." 



Of the 90,813 persons employed in 1910 in the 

 Scottish fisheries and subsidiary industries no fewer than 

 38,941 manned the : fishing-fleets, 17,010 were gutters 

 and packers of herrings, 14,500 were engaged in the 

 carrying trade, and the rest were employed in various 

 ways in connection with the industry. There is no more 

 familiar and interesting sight on the east coast during 

 the herring season than that of the fisher-girls, many of 

 them very comely, all strong and healthy, who "gip" 

 the herrings. Their expertness with the knife is wonder- 

 ful, and their industry untiring, for they are Scotch and 

 are paid by results. 



