George Nall's penny Yarmouth guideGeorge Nall, 1871 - 320페이지 |
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7 페이지 - The produce of the sea around our coasts bears a far higher proportion to that of the land than is generally imagined. The most frequented fishing grounds are much more prolific of food than the same extent of the richest land. Once in the year an acre of good land carefully tilled produces a ton of corn, or two or three cwts.
7 페이지 - ... of meat or cheese. The same area at the bottom of the sea, on the best fishing grounds, yields a greater weight of food to the persevering fisherman every week in the year. Five vessels, belonging to the same owner, in a single night's fishing, brought in 17 tons weight of fish — an amount of wholesome food equal in weight to that of 50 cattle or 300 sheep.
26 페이지 - Doric order, beautifully fluted. Upon the plinth are the names of the different ships on board of which the gallant Admiral's flag was so valorously displayed, and the coping of the terrace beneath is inscribed, in a similar manner, with the titles of his most celebrated battles. On each of the four sides of the pedestal, is a flight of steps, leading to the terrace, which affords a promenade round the shaft. The roof is supported by Caryatides, surmounted by a ball and figure of Britannia, exquisitely...
9 페이지 - Norfolk." duce is equal to one-fifth of the entire fishery of the United Kingdom. It might also be said of Yarmouth, as it was of Amsterdam in the old Dutch fisheries, that " her foundations are laid upon herring bones.
7 페이지 - Sea are, even yet, only partially fished. The Dogger Bank, which has an area of several hundred square miles, and is most prolific of fish, is to a great extent unworked by the trawlers, and new grounds are still being discovered where fish are found in great abundance. Between England and the Continent the average depth of the German Ocean is 90 feet.
9 페이지 - In both the mackerel and herring fisheries, the wages of the men depend upon the catch of the fish; the rate may be estimated at about £3 10s. upon each last of fish, and this will give a total of from £20,000 to £25,000 paid for labour to the men, in the boats alone, engaged in the catching of herrings. A large sum is also expended for the labour of curing and packing the fish at the hanging houses.
8 페이지 - Southwards you may be sure they bent their flight, ' ' And harboured in a hollow rock at night ; Next morn they rose, and set up every sail ; The wind was fair, .but blew a mackrel gale...
3 페이지 - If you bear a grudge against any particular Insurance Office, purchase from it a heavy life annuity, go and live at Great Yarmouth, and draw your dividends, till they ask in despair, whether your name is Old Parr or Methuselah.
8 페이지 - The amount the fish raised by sale, (being always sold by auction on the beach,) was about £27,000. The mackerel caught on this coast, are much larger and finer than those taken elsewhere. The largest ever seen, measured 19 inches from the snout to the tip point of the tail, 9^ inches round the thickest part, and weighed two pounds.
8 페이지 - Mackerel are caught in the same manner as we have described in the account of the herrings ; but the nets are made of finer twine, extend three times the distance, are only half as deep, and have larger meshes. They are...