From After Many Years: A Tale of Experiences & Impressions Gathered in the Course of an Obscure Life by W[illiam] E[merton] Heitland (Cambridge University Press, 1926), page 50. The chapter is titled "Pembrokeshire—Tenby": I missed the old race of boatmen who used to lean against the pier-road wall waiting for engagement. They were never in a hurry, and sought variety chiefly by spitting alternately into the harbour and the road. There were also a few seine boats. A rumour of mackerel in the bay at once mobilized these, manned by motley crews mostly of men whose work was on shore but who were handy watermen. I have seen immense catches made on the south beach, and have hauled at the seine ropes. Mackerel would then be plentiful beyond the local means of disposal. I have known them at ten a penny, and a quantity used as manure.
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