Proceedings - Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society (1889)
Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. Proceedings - Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club. cn · Dorchester, Eng · leaf 227
paratively scarce for the last few years. All other fish may beregarded as accidentally caught in the nets which are cast formackerel. One side of a long and comparatively narrow net isfastened along a rope with corks at intervals, and one end of therope is held by the men on the beach whilst a… … CHESIL BEACH FISH. 163 who walk along the beach for, perhaps, a quarter of a mile,gradually hauling in the net, and eventually pulling it on shorewith the fish enclosed in it. When a fish of any size is caught it is usually put on a waggonwhich perambulates the neighbourhood and then proceeds…
Archaeology · Natural history
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