34 By Stream and Sea. 



transfer is effected in the smack's little boat, and frequently 

 in most dangerous seas. Many a man and boy have perished 

 in the performance of this hazardous duty, 



A ramble through Yarmouth — fish-market, Denes, curing- 

 houses, rows, streets, market-place — will always be appropri- 

 ately terminated by a final stroll along the marine parade, 

 piers, and jetty. After a long -spell of north or south winds, 

 there are not far from a thousand . sail lying in the safe 

 anchorage of the roadstead. It is computed . that 50,000 

 vessels annually pass and repass within sight of shore, and a 

 sea-scape so animated is always worth studying. Yonder 

 dark, heavily laden brig, voyaging southward, is a collier 

 carrying coals from Newcastle to London. Close behind 

 her follows a round-nosed barque, listing to starboard more 

 heavily than the wind justifies ; she is a Baltic timber ship 

 whose cargo has shifted, as such cargoes will, during yester- 

 day's gale. The screw trading steamers leave behind them 

 long lines of foam below, and long lines of black smoke 

 above, A mist steals gradually over all, and each object 

 dissolves into a shadow and is no more seen. The inshore 

 fisherman and the amateur anglers wend their homeward 

 way, with their strings of codling and whiting, and Yarmouth 

 ashore settles down to the quiet leisure of evening at the 

 precise moment when Yarmouth afloat settles down to a 

 night's hard, and let us hope remunerative, work. 



