S18 TURBOT FLOUNDER. Class IV. 



to cook, &c. and does not share in the profits 

 with the other five. All our able fishermen go 

 in these boats to the herring fishery at Yar- 

 mouth the latter end of September, and return 

 about the middle of November. The boats 

 are then laid up until the beginning of Lent, 

 at which time they go off in them to the edge 

 of the Dogger, and other places, to fish for 

 turbot, cod, ling, skates, &c. They always 

 take two cobles on board, and when they come 

 upon their ground, anchor the boat, throw out 

 the cobles, and fish in the same manner as 

 those do who go from the shore in a coble; 

 with this difference only, that here each man is 

 provided with double the quantity of lines, and 

 instead of waiting the return of tide in the coble, 

 returns to the boat and baits their other lines ; 

 thus hawling one set, and shooting another every 

 turn of tide. They commonly run into harbour 

 twice a week to deliver their fish. The five-men 

 boat is decked at each end, but open in the 

 middle, and has two large lug-sails. 

 Bmt. The best bait for all kinds of fish is fresh 

 herring cut in pieces of a proper size ; and 

 notwithstanding what has been said to the con- 

 trary, they are taken here at any time in the 

 winter, and all the spring, whenever the fisher- 

 men put down their nets for that purpose. The 



