The three-masted Newfoundlanders; the Iceland schooners; herring and tunny boats-Small sailing vessels: etadiers, feluccas, Biscayans, tartanes-Foreign sailing vessels-Various rigs. Classification of fishing tackle-The otter-trawl-The beam-trawl, the ox-net, bag-trawl, or gangui; the seine or sean; the herring fishery in Norway. Drift-nets; herring-nets- Fixed tackle: traps, eel-pots; tunny-nets madragues -Baited devices; the sardine-net of the Atlantic coast-Lines; cod fishing. In France the dispersion of harbours inevitably means the dispersion of boats.
The 25, sailing vessels of the French coast belong to many widely differing types, which correspond with local traditions and requirements. I will pass in review the principal types of sailing vessels, steamboats, and motor-boats.
The largest sailing vessels employed in the French fishing industry are the three-masted vessels of Fecamp. The majority of these vessels carry yards only on the foremast; they are therefore of the three-masted schooner type. Those of Granville are smaller, varying from 80 to tons. The three-masted Newfoundlanders are constructed on the same lines as ordinary three-masted vessels; there are, however, certain modifications of detail; on that portion of the deck between the forecastle and the foremast are blocks for the reception of the " dories " I; the deck amidships is unencumbered, to give room for the movable " parks " or wooden frames into which the cod are thrown pell-mell as they are taken out of the water; finally, the hold is divided with compartments for the reception of the salted fish.
The Iceland fishermen employ schooners, luggers, or ketches. The first, recognisable by their two tall masts, do not exceed feet in length nor 23 feet in beam. They are topsail or square-rigged schooners; that is, the foremast has yards, while the mainmast has only a mainsail and topsail. The luggers have a foremast set nearly at the stem, a mainmast and a jigger; the largest are 75 feet in length and 21 feet in beam.
The "Dundee" or ketch has a mainmast, with mainsail and topsail, and a mizzen just forward of the rudder. Its length and beam are respectively 50 feet and 16 feet.
