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Men of Invention and Industry-Part42_Samuel Smiles(1812-1904)_English Literature(文学名著)-第2页

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reports, observe:--"Notwithstanding the diminished population,



the fish captured round the coast is so inadequate to the wants

of the population that fully 150,000L. worth of ling, cod, and



herring are annually" target="_blank" title="ad.每年；按年计算">annually imported from Norway, Newfoundland, and

Scotland, the vessels bearing these cargoes, as they approach the



shores of Ireland, frequently sailing through large shoals of

fish of the same description as they are freighted with!"



[12] The following examination of Mr. J. Ennis, chairman of the

Midland and Great Western Railway, took place before the "Royal



Commission on Railways," as long ago as the year 1846:-

Chairman--"Is the fish traffic of any importance to your



railway?"

Mr. Ennis--"of course it is, and we give it all the facilities



that we can.... But the Galway fisheries, where one would expect

to find plenty of fish, are totally neglected."



Sir Rowland Hill--"What is the reason of that?"

Mr. Ennis-- "I will endeavour to explain. I had occasion a few



nights ago to speak to a gentleman in the House of Commons with

regard to an application to the Fishery Board for 2000L. to



restore the pier at Buffin, in Clew Bay, and I said, 'Will you

join me in the application? I am told it is a place that swarms



with fish, and if we had a pier there the fishermen will have

some security, and they will go out.' The only answer I received



was, 'They will not go out; they pay no attention whatever to the

fisheries; they allow the fish to come and go without making any



effort to catch them....'"

Mr. Ayrton-- "Do you think that if English fishermen went to the



west coast of Ireland they would be able to get on in harmony

with the native fishermen?"



Mr. Ennis-- "We know the fact to be, that some years ago, a

company was established for the purpose of trawling in Galway



Bay, and what was the consequence? The Irish fishermen, who

inhabit a region in the neighbourhood of Galway, called Claddagh,



turned out against them, and would not allow them to trawl, and

the Englishmen very properly went away with their lives."



Sir Rowland Hill-- "Then they will neither fish themselves nor

allow any one else to fish!"



Mr. Ennis-- "It seems to be so." --Minutes of Evidence, 175-6.

[13] The Derry Journal.



[14] Report of Inspectors of Irish Fisheries for 1882.

[15] The Report of the Inspectors of Irish Fisheries on the Sea



and Inland Fisheries of Ireland for 1882, gives a large amount of

information as to the fish which swarm round the Irish coast.



Mr. Brady reports on the abundance of herring and other fish all

round the coast. Shoals of herrings "remained off nearly the



entire coast of Ireland from August till December." "Large

shoals of pilchards" were observed on the south and south-west



coasts. Off Dingle, it is remarked, "the supply of all kinds of

fish is practically inexhaustible."



"Immense shoals of herrings off Liscannor and Loop Head;" "the

mackerel is always on this coast, and can be captured at any time



of the year, weather permitting." At Belmullet, "the shoals of

fish off the coast, particularly herring and mackerel, are



sometimes enormous." The fishermen, though poor, are all very

orderly and well conducted. They only want energy and industry.



[16] The Harleian Miscellany, iii. 378-91.

[17] The Harleian Miscellany, iii. 392.



[18] See The Huguenots in England and Ireland. A Board of

Traders, for the encouragement and promotion of the hemp and flax



manufacture in Ireland, was appointed by an Act of Parliament at

the beginning of last century (6th October, 1711), and the year



after the appointment of the Board the following notice was

placed on the records of the institution: --"Louis Crommelin and



the Huguenot colony have been greatly instrumental in improving

and propagating the flaxen manufacture in the north of this



Kingdom, and the perfection to which the same is brought in that

part of the country has been greatly owing to the skill and



industry of the said Crommelin." In a history of the linen




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