One and a half hours after mooring, the work of discharging was in full swing and perhaps it is interesting to know that our "bag" consisted of about twelve and a half score of cod, one score of ling, six score of blackjacks, sixty boxes of small fish, the whole realising on the market about £118, out of which came the renewal of the trawl nets, bunker coal, ice, wages, stores, necessaries, etc.

The voyage from the Skipper and shareman's point of view yielded nothing; fortunately, they do not always carry a "Jonah".

A fisherman's life is a hard one indeed, for as soon as the trawl is shot (put out) all hands are almost continually on duty. The trawl is hove in every three and a half to four hours, emptied on deck and shot again. The catch is then sorted, gutted, washed and stowed below on ice. Each man takes his turn at the wheel so that this means that twohours is the maximum amount of sleep possible at one time. All meals, mending of nets, cleaning and stowing of fish is done during sleeping time by all hands. After each catch the decks are washed, and it is surprising the absence of fishy smell.

The first thing that is looked for in a catch is the "Catfish" and "Dogfish". These fish are savage and will bite through a seaboot, and the Dogfish is killed and thrown overboard. The Catfish is put to one side, and afterwards gutted and cleaned etc. Iit is very good eating.