Cod tlshing is dOM With dories und
trawls. Tlie /lories are Hat bottomed,
sloping lided boats which tit into oue
another In the ship's waist, economist
lng Rpace ther hy. Kath dory takes
tWO men. and the whole crew, except
the captain and the cook, ko off in
them every suitable day and set the
trawls in tlie water outward l'roin the
ship like spokes from the hub of a
wheel. Trawls are long lines, each
with 3,000 hooks attached at intervals
of a yard, every hook baited with some
?maller tish, either herring, caplin or
?quid, that the cod affects, The trawls
are anchored at each end, baited In
the day, left lying over night and are
?tripped of their accumulation of tish
next morning, being baited again when
Overhauled The tish are tlikcn to the
vessel in the dories, eviscerated,
Washed and salted. This routine con?
tinues until the bait is exhausted, and
then the vessel returns home, hinds
the tish, takes more bait and salt and
goes out again. At st. Pierre her catch
is taken In hand by the grimers and
women, who submerge it in crates until
the salt has been washed Off. Then
they scrub each tish with a hard,
coane brush and pile them in heaps to
drain. This done, they are next spread
on the beaches to dry lu the sunlight
and air. The beaches consist of sev?
eral acres of flat ground covered with
basalt stones worn round by the motion
of the sea for ages. These stony fields
surround St. Pierre, and thousands of
cod are displayed there on a tine day.
