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Pound Net and Boat of A. Runyon 
space divided off in the stern, together with a 
large scoop net and one or two small ones. 
Amidships is a pump which can remove all bilge 
water taken aboard in handling the fish or nets. 
A large oar and a boat hook complete the outfit. 
Each pound boat tows a skiff aft, locally known 
as a bateau-—a curious use of a French word for 
which no explanation is offered. The boats with 
their equipment are valued at from $2000 to 
$3000, but are so well built as to render service 
over a considerable period of years. Despite 
their open construction and low freeboard. they 
are very stanch and even 
deeply loaded seem to be 
quite seaworthy. The ease 
with which they can be han- 
dled is surprising to the no- 
and_ their 
been proved since they have 
vice worth has 
superseded all other types 
for pound fishing in this lo- 
cality. 
The crews vary from three 
to eight, the difference in 
size being caused by the 
number of nets owned and 
their location. A man with 
three sets of nets located in 
deep water needs of course 
more men than the man with 
only one net well inshore. 
The owner of the nets is 
captain and either he or his 
son is in charge of the en- 
gine as well. It is no easy 
matter to place a boat just 
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right in running alongside a 
pound, and in a heavy fog 
experience and a 
knowledge of the 
perfect 
loeal 
waters and landmarks is es- 
sential. Many of the owners 
are of Dutch extraction, but 
the crews hired are, of course, 
of many stocks, Swedes being 
fairly common. Like all sea- 
faring men, they seem to be a 
strong, healthy lot, and to- 
ward a bothersome  speci- 
men collector certainly pa- 
tient and amiable. Theirs 
being a wet occupation, the 
regular costume is 
boots, oilskin 
gum 
trousers and 
jacket, and when necessary 
a sou'wester. They receive 
$35 a week and find their 
own keep. With good management they are 
sure of Sunday off, together with Saturday, 
and several afternoons a week. The season lasts 
from the middle of April to the middle of No- 
vember, after which they have often little or 
nothing to do. The work is, of course, hard. 
and the hours rather long; but it is far healthier 
than thousands of other more remunerative occu- 
pations. 
“Early to bed and early to rise” is indeed a 
fitting motto for Belford. In summer everyone 
is stirring by four o'clock, and before sunrise 
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BAILING OUT THE CATCH 
Pound Net and Boat of Paul Tarnow. 
