CHANGES IN
LINERS.
.
'
73
employed was about 35 feet long, clinker—built, with pump of
wood, and without a deck, and shing was carried on by'the '»
crew of six men not far from land.
The lines consisted of three
strings and a half or 700 hooks (each hundred of the shermen,
however, being equal to 120). The mainmast carried the large
lug—sail, and the foremast the smaller. Instead of a xed steve
for cooking the men used an
old pot, or a small portable re on
an
old tray, but as they did not go to distant grounds this
temporary arrangement sufced.
Their shes wereplaced in
baskets—each containing
Stones.
No market existed
in those days for _shes, and they were.sold by the women in
.
‘
town and country, or to “ sh—cadgerS,” who carried them
carts to neighbouring towns. Their captures were accordingly
"
.
limited in quantity, and a large catch could not easily be
'
disposed of.
Towards the beginning of the century, indeed, a
cart has been lled frequently for a Shilling With shes of
‘
various kinds.
_
For herring-shing the nets were of hemp, had 29 rows to
theyard, and did not shrink. Each boat had eighteen or twenty
nets, each being 55 yards in lengthand 155" yards deep. The
'
nets were hauled by the hand, as iii/primitive times. — In
…_
white shing a gaff or “ clip
”
was
for seiZing_heaÿy shes
or those unhooked when hauling the lines.
'
_
-
Now the position is much altered. After the period mentioned the length of the boats increased,
strings instead of
_
3 formed the lines, and'now no less than 6 strings with about
_
1,200 hooks are used, while the hooks_instead of being 36 inches‘
…
are 455 inches apart.
The largest boats are
60 feet or a little
more
in length, are decked, and furnished with an aft—cabin
and berths for the men, as well as‘a cooking—stove.‘- They are
carvel—built (that is, instead of thé-plankS
as
in the
clinker-built
the edges touch,and the
intermediate chink
‘
is caulked).
The foremast is the larger and
carries the heavie‘r
"
,
sail
The pumps are
The greatly improved
ttings of the boat, suCh as
the'arrangement
'
of the ropes,
enable 'a smaller _Ëei:ei”vÎ to do the WOrk, so
that
occasionally 5 men
a bôà0f60 feet,whereas
111 the
.
,
.
olden time there were @, }Dth935'f00tboat …Th6 nets, Of
LINERS.
.
'
73
employed was about 35 feet long, clinker—built, with pump of
wood, and without a deck, and shing was carried on by'the '»
crew of six men not far from land.
The lines consisted of three
strings and a half or 700 hooks (each hundred of the shermen,
however, being equal to 120). The mainmast carried the large
lug—sail, and the foremast the smaller. Instead of a xed steve
for cooking the men used an
old pot, or a small portable re on
an
old tray, but as they did not go to distant grounds this
temporary arrangement sufced.
Their shes wereplaced in
baskets—each containing
Stones.
No market existed
in those days for _shes, and they were.sold by the women in
.
‘
town and country, or to “ sh—cadgerS,” who carried them
carts to neighbouring towns. Their captures were accordingly
"
.
limited in quantity, and a large catch could not easily be
'
disposed of.
Towards the beginning of the century, indeed, a
cart has been lled frequently for a Shilling With shes of
‘
various kinds.
_
For herring-shing the nets were of hemp, had 29 rows to
theyard, and did not shrink. Each boat had eighteen or twenty
nets, each being 55 yards in lengthand 155" yards deep. The
'
nets were hauled by the hand, as iii/primitive times. — In
…_
white shing a gaff or “ clip
”
was
for seiZing_heaÿy shes
or those unhooked when hauling the lines.
'
_
-
Now the position is much altered. After the period mentioned the length of the boats increased,
strings instead of
_
3 formed the lines, and'now no less than 6 strings with about
_
1,200 hooks are used, while the hooks_instead of being 36 inches‘
…
are 455 inches apart.
The largest boats are
60 feet or a little
more
in length, are decked, and furnished with an aft—cabin
and berths for the men, as well as‘a cooking—stove.‘- They are
carvel—built (that is, instead of thé-plankS
as
in the
clinker-built
the edges touch,and the
intermediate chink
‘
is caulked).
The foremast is the larger and
carries the heavie‘r
"
,
sail
The pumps are
The greatly improved
ttings of the boat, suCh as
the'arrangement
'
of the ropes,
enable 'a smaller _Ëei:ei”vÎ to do the WOrk, so
that
occasionally 5 men
a bôà0f60 feet,whereas
111 the
.
,
.
olden time there were @, }Dth935'f00tboat …Th6 nets, Of