15 AUGUST 1868, Page 23

The Decked - Welled Fishing Boat. By Harry Dempster. (Glasgow. Porteous).—Mr. Dempster

has views about sea fisheries which seem very reasonable. He is especially emphatic on the necessity of having the fishing boats provided with wells in which the fish might be brought alive to market—a system which would improve the condition of all that was sold, and would bring into the market some valuable kinds that are now never seen there. Mr. Dempster has the good wishes of all dwellers in towns. At present the fishmongers offer us nothing but salmon, which never reaches anything like a reasonable price till it becomes almost unfit to eat.