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CKUSTACEAN LOa-BOOKS KEPT AT CADGWITH. 



commence fishing for these crustaceans as soon as may be, is 

 very great ; for, during the early part of the year, they command 

 a high price in the market. 



Owing to the fact that this season was an exceptionally 

 favorable one, it will perhaps be of interest to place on record 

 the number of days during which these men have been able to 

 haul their trammels and examine their crab-pots. Sundays are 

 of course excluded in these returns ; for, no matter how fine the 

 weather may be, these men never fish on those days. 



Total 119 days. 



I have reduced to a tabular form the contents of each 

 log-book, and have numbered each return 1 and 2 respectively. 

 The second return relating to Crabs has not been published, as 

 it is far from complete. Considering however the large amount 

 of information each man was requested to supply, each day, and 

 bearing in mind that this is the first occasion of their having 

 attempted to record their daily captures, these returns cannot 

 but be considered highly satisfactory. 



