5° FISH- CULTURAL ASSOCIATION. 
ation is called “setting under sail,” and its successful perform- 
ance is one of the most complicated evolutions performed by 
vessels or boats, requiring a high degree of skill on the part of 
the men on the vessels and in the boats. 
Let us imagine ourselves on the deck of a haddock schooner 
at daybreak, approaching Jefferies Ledge ; the skipper, having 
first sounded and obtained the desired depth of water, decides to 
make a set, and gives the order, “ Get the top dories ready,” at 
the same time indicating how many tubs he thinks it desirable 
for each dory to set. The four men to whom the two top dories 
belong, adjust the anchors, buoy-lines and buoys which are al- 
ready in the dories, and also place in them the other necessary 
fishing-gear. The dory-tackles are then hooked on, and the 
boats are swung over the side of the vessel. The middle dories 
are then equipped in a similar manner by their respective crews, 
and as soon as these are ready the top dories are dropped into 
the water and paid astern, and the middle ones are swung over 
the side, the bottom dories being then prepared for action in 
their turn. The middle dories are now dropped down and paid 
astern with the others, and the bottom dories are swung upon 
the sides and are ready to be lowered at the proper moment. 
Eight men take their places in the dories towing astern ; per- 
haps, in fact, the four men belonging to the top dories are al- 
ready there and ready to set. 
The skipper now gives the order to one of the dories that was 
first put out, “Throw out your buoy.” This being done, the 
dory tows astern of the vessel until the buoy-line runs entirely 
‘out ; the men in the dory then sing out, “ Let go the painter.” 
The dory is cast off and they begin to get their trawl in the 
ordinary manner, their course usually being to leeward, and 
nearly at right angles with the direction of the vessel. This 
operation is repeated in succession with each dory, the last 
dories dropping astern after the others have been let go. Some- 
times when the wind is moderate and it is practicable, all six 
dories are dropped down before the first begin to set. The boats 
having been let goin the manner described, are thus left scat- 
tered along in the wake of the schooner at intervals of one hun- 
dred to two hundred fathoms, the first and the last dory being 
