82 PERIODICAL VISITS OF THE HERRING. 



18. NOVA SCOTIA. 



A small and very fat variety of herriug approach 

 the shores of Nova Scotia from the Bay of Fundy in the 

 month of May, and about the end of May enter Anna- 

 polis Basin, and on the shore of Clements are caught in 

 considerable quantities. These are generally smoked and 

 packed in boxes containing about 200; so many as 100,000 

 boxes have been exported of this kind in one season. 



South Coast. — Another herring of a large size, and full 

 of spawn, arrive on the south coast of Nova Scotia in May ; 

 but they are lean and not much esteemed, although taken 

 in considerable quantities. 



West Coast. — In Chedebucto Bay, and particularly in 

 Crow Harbour and near Fox Island, a considerable fishery 

 takes place in the months of autumn ; these herrings are 

 caught both by the usual herring-nets and by the seine. 

 These are of good size and of excellent quality, and, with 

 the mackerel fishing, give emploj^ment to a great number 

 of the inhabitants. (M'Gregor's British America, vol. ii. 

 pp. 171, 172.) 



It ought to be here remarked, that the quantity of her- 

 rings visiting any locality is generally thought to be indi- 

 cated by the number caught ; this is by no means always 

 a just mode of judging. The fishermen, as before men- 

 tioned, trust too much to the appearance of water-fowl, 

 the larger fishes, &c. ; and although there may be great 

 abundance of herrings in one place, they may be misled 

 by these appearances, and go to another place, where the 



