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crown the Lofoten 
Islands. Trespass is pun¬ 
ished by tines, and there 
is a special police that 
settles these cases and any 
other difficulties that may 
arise. 
T h e revolutionary 
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change in the methods of 
fishing* came with the in¬ 
troduction of the motor 
boat about twenty years 
ago. Hand in hand with 
this went the change from 
the open boat to the 
decked craft. Another 
innovation was the use of the American dory. The larger boats now 
The Ugly but Efficient Modern Fishing Cutter with 
a Kerosene Motor of Twenty Horse-power 
have two or three dories which are sent out, each with two men, for 
long-line fishing*. Since the coming of the decked motor boat the crew 
generally live on board, which arrangement makes for mobility of 
the fleet, but it is certain that life in the crowded forecastle all winter 
is much worse for the men than the old lodging* on shore in fishermen’s 
booths, humble as these were. 
Before leaving the fishing* craft, it may be noted that there is a 
tendency to return to the old type of boats which have demonstrated 
their serviceability for centuries. The men are beginning to realize 
their superiority both from an economical and a technical point of view. 
The rig is altered into something like a modern cutter or ketch rig, 
and a motor is of course installed, but otherwise the type is the same 
The Men Are out Fishing in Row Boats at Svolvjer. The maze of Boats in the Distance 
Looks like an Interminable Blurred Line. Above Them the Lofoten Alps Are Shining 
like Silver in a Sea of the Deepest Blue 
