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up the dog-fish, the seyllium, or the mustelus, as the 
cod:fish or the holibut ; and everybody who hag 
stood upon our. beaches, and seen the contents of 
the seine turned out from the shoaling bank, or the 
shallow shore, will call to mind the number of young 
of the raiadz and the squalids, he has seen among 
the gathered hosts of the meshes. All these are so 
many evidences of the ground feeding life of the 
cartilaginous fishes. He will not be surprised to find 
therefore that the shark has its bank as a gathering 
place, as well asthe usual market fishes. The two 
spots particularly pointed cut as shark-feeding 
grounds at Port Royal are the Fort shoal, off the 
Magazine point, and the Mammee bank off Fort- 
Augusta. In particular seasons they are surprisingly 
numerous nt both these places. 
In 2 hole, 8 it is called, that is, a deep portion of 
the waters off Fort Augusta, is the fishing place for 
cutlass fish, trichiurue. The fishing is before day. 
The lines are pulled in as fast as they are thrown 
out, with the certainty that a cutlass has been hook- 
ed. As many as ninety odd boats have been count- 
ed.on this fishing ground at day-break in the season, 
all carrying on this kind of uninterrupted hauling 
in of fish. The cutlass is a scomberoid fish, as flat 
aS a sword-blade, and is delicious fried. 
- The shrimps, called grass shrimps, so necessary 
for bait, are caught on the shoals bordering the Pa- 
lisades inside the harbour. ‘The net used, seems to 
be what the French call the haveneau. Itis folded 
between two poles and carried up by the fisherman 
