The Express.
London, England, 1852-09-28 00:00:00

THE MACKEREL FISHERIES.

Probably but few are Aware of the great extent of
the masharel mid ether iliedes. It has been estimated that
duke the eemmer neenehe. we rather between Jane and
November, more than 70,010 vessels are constantly engaged
in the different kinds of fisheries, employing no lees than
240,000 men. By a treaty with Great Britain, American
vessels are allowed the privilege of fishing within certain
limits of the Gulf of St. lAwrence, and the quantity of fish
taken from this plain alone is truly astonishing. The meat
of Newfoundland yields its codfish to the hardy sailor from
May until December, while the better class of mackerel are
taken tram August to October. Many mackerel, however,
of • proper dem am take* along the southern shore of the
United OWN peke to this, but as • general thing
they are deemed worthy of little notice. The
Bay of Cheteisr, along the coast of Pintas Ed-
ward's Island, the Magdalen Islands, sad Northumberland
Straits, are the cheesed areherel grounds.
Here the Beet et vends at ewe dme will often
,amount to twn thenseinsl as • general thing
I not more then beat tin In fees red vessels sail in
1 company. At algid, whew the feet Is safely sachored,
the learns lighted ou each meal, and swinging upon
the OM meg fancy himself looking upon some
huge day kin rime, with its lamps all trimmed and
auThlintirmie ahem, whisk I. ground up and thrown to the
beep them sheet the vessel, is a very large item in
the ewes of meryleg on the trade. This is either her-
ring, porgies, se dams, well salted sad cleansed, put up
expressly for the purpose. The average oast of it is about
three and a hale dollars per barrel, at lout two barrels of
which are thrown away per day in good fishing. Yon
then have 16,000 dollars per day thrown away to the
fishes, or say 100 dollars per vessel for each trip, which is
below the actual amount, and we thus have the enormous
sum of 200,000 dollars.
The method of taking the mackerel is very simple. The
vessel is " hove to," and men are arranged on the " wind-
ward" side as many as can conveniently stand from bow to
stern. Each man is presided with four lines, only two can
be used in fast fishing. On each line is attached the hook
which is sunk into an oblong bit of lead called a "jig." A
barrel is placed behind each man, into which the halt are
" snapped as caught, the jaw tearing out as easily as though
made of paper. Owing to this tenderness of the jaw, the
fish must be hauled very carefully, though with great ra-
pidity. One man stands " amidships," throwing the bait
which has been carefully ground to keep the fish about the
vessel, while the hooka are baited with any tough sub-1
stance—either pork rind, a bit of liver, or a piece of
the mackerel itself. When the fish bite rapidly no sport is
MOM exciting! a doaen men will often catch from thirty to
fifty barrels in au hour. When caught they are split,
gibbed, scraped, washed in three waters, and then salted,
the whole being done with astonishing celerity.—Daltjae
Cdronicle.

FALL OE TWO HOUSES IN SEVEN DI A LS.—
Last night the rides had not been completely excavated,
bat it I. hoped that so one has been buried in the rubbish.
TIIBPILCHAILDFIeIIERY.—The fishermon on our
north coast have lag* been all on the gni rtee by the cry
of Ash, several shads baring made their appearance at va-
rious parts of aureate. The men of Ferran, however,
seem to have beam Mee successful than those of the
other fishing eons ; fir AN Saturday the seinen of the Love
and other Maea, shot sod drew to shore, the former op-
wads of 30111Impbsods,shd the other 160 and 180 each.
gaud** alibi= have since been readily disposed
Leese
the neighbourhood, while others hare been sea-
soned for ezporSolii&—Easter Flying Peet.