Productive Power of Shell-Fish—Varieties of the Crustacean Family—Study of the Minor Shell-Fishes—Demand for Shell-Fish—Lobsters—A Lobster Store-Pond Described—Natural History of the Lobster and other Crustacea—March of the Land-Crabs—Prawns and Shrimps, how they are caught and cured—Scottish Pearl-Fisheries—Account of the Scottish Pearl-Fishery—A Mussel-Farm—How to grow Bait 382 CHAPTER X. THE FISHER-FOLK. The Fisher-People the same everywhere—Growth of a Fishing Village—Marrying and giving in Marriage—The Fisher-Folk’s Dance—Newhaven near Edinburgh—Newhaven Fishwives—A Fishwife’s mode of doing Business—Superstitions—Fisherrow—Dunbar—Buckhaven—Cost of a Boat and its Gear—Scene of the _Antiquary_: Auchmithie—Smoking Haddocks—The Round of Fisher Life—“Finnan Haddies”—Fittie and its Quaint Inhabitants—Across to Dieppe—Bay of the Departed—The Eel-Breeders of Comacchio—The French Fishwives—Narrative of a Fishwife—Buckie—Nicknames of the Fisher-Folk—Effects of a Storm on the Coast 418 CHAPTER XI. CONCLUDING REMARKS. Are there more Fish in the Sea than ever came out of it?—Modern Writers on the Fisheries—Were Fish ever so abundant as is said?—Salmon-Poaching—Value of Salmon—Sea Fish—Destruction of the Young—Is the demand for Fish beginning to exceed the Supply?—Evils of Exaggeration—Fish quite Local—Incongruity of protecting one Fish and not another—Difficulties in the way of a Close-Time—Duties of the Board of White-Fisheries—Regulation of Salmon Rivers—Justice to Upper Proprietors—The one Object of the Fishermen—Conclusion 474 APPENDIX. I. OBSERVATIONS ON FISH-GUANO 491 II. LIST OF AUTHORITIES 499 III. WICK HERRING-HARVEST OF 1865 502 IV. TOTAL CATCH OF HERRINGS AT ALL THE STATIONS ON THE NORTH-EAST COAST DURING THE LAST FIVE YEARS; AND ESTIMATED NUMBER OF HANDS EMPLOYED—1865 503 INDEX 505 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. VIEW OF WICK HARBOUR DURING THE HERRING SEASON _Frontispiece._ EGGS OF THE SALMON KIND JUST HATCHING _Page_ 13 SALMON A DAY OR TWO OLD 14 WHITEBAIT GROUND NEAR QUEENSFERRY 22 LOCHMABEN 27 PACKING HERRINGS 41 A DIVISION OF COMACCHIO 48 BILLINGSGATE 65 THE FISHMARKET AT BALE 81 GROUND-PLAN OF THE PISCICULTURAL ESTABLISHMENT AT HUNINGUE 82