The Pageant of the Forth
The Pageant of the Forth
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For the shoals of herrings, seeking their favourite spawning grounds, make the journey all round the coasts. Twice a year they do this. The winter drove and the autumn drove the shoals are called.
The herring fishing is the great industry of these towns, but of considerable importance, too, is the line fishing for cod, haddock, turbot, halibut, and other white fish, and again crab and lobster are not to be despised.
The methods pursued have been used for centuries. The herring are caught by mea...ns Digitized by Google 176 THE PAGEANT OF THE FORTH of drift-nets — the large boats employed being termed " drifters." Each boat carries a ** train " or " fleet " of some fifty or sixty nets. Each net is about ten yards deep, and the line of nets may stretch about two miles or more in length. A " pitch " having been selected, — and the fishermen are wise in all the signs that show the presence of herring, among the most notable of which is a sort of phos- phorescent gleam on the water, — the nets are thrown out The boat is pulled across the tide as the nets are "shot." They sink down a considerable distance under the surface, twenty or thirty feet, and are kept in an up- right position by sinkers on the lower edge and corks on the upper.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
For the shoals of herrings, seeking their favourite spawning grounds, make the journey all round the coasts. Twice a year they do this. The winter drove and the autumn drove the shoals are called.
The herring fishing is the great industry of these towns, but of considerable importance, too, is the line fishing for cod, haddock, turbot, halibut, and other white fish, and again crab and lobster are not to be despised.
The methods pursued have been used for centuries. The herring are caught by mea...ns Digitized by Google 176 THE PAGEANT OF THE FORTH of drift-nets — the large boats employed being termed " drifters." Each boat carries a ** train " or " fleet " of some fifty or sixty nets. Each net is about ten yards deep, and the line of nets may stretch about two miles or more in length. A " pitch " having been selected, — and the fishermen are wise in all the signs that show the presence of herring, among the most notable of which is a sort of phos- phorescent gleam on the water, — the nets are thrown out The boat is pulled across the tide as the nets are "shot." They sink down a considerable distance under the surface, twenty or thirty feet, and are kept in an up- right position by sinkers on the lower edge and corks on the upper.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Stewart Dick to read onlineMoreLess
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