ing and fighting for freedom, and the dory dancing on the waves
like mad, is no easy task. The line cuts the fingers, and the long, hard
pull wearies the wrists until they ache, as though with inflammatory
rheumatism. But when all this had to be done in a wet, chilling fog, or
in a nipping winter's wind that freezes the spray in beard and hair, while
the frost bites the fingers that the line lacerates, then the fisherman's
lot is a bitter one.

The method of setting and hauling the trawls has been well described by
Mr. John Z. Rogers, in "Outing," and some extracts from his story will be
of interest to readers:

"The trawls were of cod-line, and tied to them at distances of
six feet were smaller lines three feet in length, with a hook
attached to the end. Each dory had six trawls, each one eighteen
hundred feet long. The trawls were neatly coiled in tubs made by
sawing flour barrels in two, and as fast as they were baited
with pieces of herring they were carefully coiled into another
tub, that they might run out quickly without snarling when being
set.

"The last trawl was finished just before supper, at five
o'clock. After supper the men enjoyed a Half-hour smoke, then
preparations were made to set the gear, as the trawls are
called. The schooner got well to windward of the place where the
set was to be made, and the first dory was lowered by a block
and tackle. One of the men jumped into it, and his partner
handed him the tubs of gear and then jumped in himself. The dory
was made fast to the schooner by her painter as she drifted
astern, and the other dories were put over in the same manner.
When all the dories were disposed of the first one was cast off.
One of the men rowed the boat before the wind while the other
ran out the gear. First, he threw over a keg for a buoy, which
could be seen from some distance. Fastened to the buoy-line at
some sixty fathoms, or three hundred and sixty feet from the
keg, was the trawl with a small anchor attached to sink it to
the bottom. When this was dropped overboard the trawl was
rapidly run out, and as fast as the end of one was reached it
was tied to the next one, thus making a line of trawl ten
thousand eight hundred feet long, with eighteen hundred hooks
attached. After the schooner had sailed on a straight course a
few hundred yards, the captain cast off the