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upper part of a finer sort. The common trawl- 

 boat of Cornwall and the western part of 

 Devonshire, is a lug-sail two-masted vessel of 

 about twenty-five feet keel, and sixteen tons 

 measurement, such as the engraving represents. 

 The boats of Brivham, which take a much 

 wider range, and work in deeper water, are 

 cutter rigged ; the former with weaker powers, 

 seldom work in water deeper than about 

 twenty-five fathom. A rope of about one 

 hundred and forty fathoms in length, which 

 divides near the net, and attaches to each 

 sledge, connects the net with the boat, and 

 thus equipped the wind performs the labor. 

 The most favorable time for work is night, 

 winter the best season, making progress of 

 about a mile or a mile and half per hour. 

 Besides all the different species of flat fish, 

 the other sorts most commonly taken on the 

 Cornish coast are rays, hakes, ling, cod, and 

 gurnards. 



