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    NEWLYN AND ITS FISHWOMEN. 293

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    like coarse white thread . "When the nets are completed , they are iringed on one side with leadson the other with corks . The men

    , to whoin is intrusted their casting are called shooters . " The inoment that the Huer gives notice that the shoal is over the net

    it is drawn round , and another net thrown over the surface of the waterso that the fish are thus completely walled in . Great skill

    , is _required properly to secure the nets so as to prevent the escape of the nsh ; likewisethe shooters must be careful not to throw the

    , second net too soon , for not unfrequently great disappointment is occasioned by the shoals verging off in a contrary direction . If

    the Huer sees this , lie waves his bush frantically , and precautions are taken accordingly to stop their retreat . Great damage is also

    'often done to the nets by porpoises , or large fish , such as lings , & c , being captured with the smaller fry . The latter break the

    : net in . forcing their own esca _23 e , and through the apertures off go thousands We will of now pilchards follow to the freedom scene . to the beacliwhere the whole

    , village is waiting at the water's edge the return of the boats . 'There the excitement is beyond description ; and such an

    _enthusiastic cheering is commenced as can only be accounted for by the interest all have in a successful catch . The whole community o £

    fishwomen are there with barrels , baskets , tubs , and every _conceivable tacle for fishhawkers with their cartspreparing to

    recep ; , load them with pilchards ; merchants , ready to strike bargains on the spot ; men in oil-silk trousers and waterproof boots , and others

    in Nature's boots with trousers tucked up in readiness to haul in visitors the boat of s all ; children sorts curiousl running y to watching and fro , the screaming scene , worked with deli up ght to

    • cheering point themselves , as though their own future depended on p echoes ilchards resound . On along come the the nei boat ghboring s , amid cliffs a chorus ; the of instant hurrahs the , whose boats

    ground they are pulled up on the beach , and soon men , women , and _^ children scales of the are poor ankle little -deep in tives a teeming clinging mass to their of p dress ilchards and , the persons silvery .

    Tlie fish do not long cap remain on the beach , but are quickly thrown into the various barrelstubs & cawaiting themand are then

    triumphantly borne off to tlie , salting , kouse , . This building , stands in the middle of the townand is built of granite , with a floor arranged with

    pits and grooves to , catch the oil that drips from them whilst being curedHere again a scene of bustle beggaring description ensues .

    . "The task of salting is especially the province of the women and . childrenand is done in great good nature , amid screaming , laughing ,

    han and d ch ; attering this , is performed . Tlie fish most are expeditiousl separately rubbed y , little children with salt of by & ve or

    . six being au fait at the work . When cured they are piled up into hi the gh most and precise the same stacks in width possible . The ; these women stack generall s are from y occupy four the to five ms th feet v the es

    in this part of the "business , the children supplying them wi

    Newlyn And Its Fishwomen. 293

    _NEWLYN AND ITS _FISHWOMEN . 293

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Jan. 1, 1862, page 293, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01011862/page/5/