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being upwards of thirty-five feet keel, with a large drift of nets 

 and good sail and mast, will cost something like a sum of £200. 

 The other mode of fishing for herrings, which has existed 

 for about a quarter of a century, is known as trawling. In the 

 west of Scotland, on Loohfyne in particular, where it is prac- 



VIEW OF LOCHFYNE. 



tised, it is called " trawling ; " but the instrument of capture 

 is in reality a " seine " net ; and, so far as the size of the mesh 

 is concerned, is aU right. 



The pilchard is generally captured by means of the seine- 

 net, and we never hear of its being injured thereby. It is also 

 cured in large quantities, the same as the herring, althoiigh the 

 modus operandi is somewhat different. The pilchard was at 

 one time, like the herring, thought to be a migratory fish, but 

 it has been found, as in the case of the common herring, to be 

 a native of our own seas. In some years the pilchard has been 

 known to shed its spawn in May, but the usual time is October. 



