454 PILCHARD HERRING. Class IV. 



the boats stationed off the land the course of the 

 fish. By the 1st of James I. c. 23, fishermen 

 are empowered to go on the grounds of others 

 to hue, without being liable to actions of tres- 

 pass, which before occasioned frequent law- 

 suits. 



The emoluments that accrue to the inhabi- 

 tants of that country are great, and are best ex- 

 pressed in the words of Doctor IV. Borlase, in 

 his account of the Pilchard fishery. 



" It employs a great number of men on the 

 " sea, training them thereby to naval affairs ; 

 " employs men, women, and children, at land, 

 " in salting, pressing, washing, and cleaning, 

 " in making boats, nets, ropes, casks, and all 

 " the trades depending on their construction 

 " and sale. The poor is fed with the offals of 

 " the captures, the land with the refuse of the 

 " fish and salt, the merchant finds the gains of 

 " commission and honest commerce, the fisher- 

 " man the gains of the fish. Ships are often 

 " freighted hither with salt, and into foreign 

 " countries with the fish, carrying off at the 

 " same time part of our tin. The usual pro- 

 " duce of the number of hogsheads exported 

 " each year, for ten years, from 1747 to 1756 

 " inclusive, from the four ports of Foxvy, Fal- 

 " mouth, Penzance, and St. Ives, it appears 



