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Innumerable authorities might be quoted for this fact,
the following may be sufficient:
No two occupations can be more incompatible than
farming and fishing; as the seasons which require undivided
exertion in fishing, are precisely those in which the greatest attention
should be devoted to agriculture. Grazing, which is less incompatible with
fishing than agriculture, is even found to distract the attention and
prevent success in either occupation. This is demonstrated by the very
different success of those who unite both occupations, from those who
devote themselves exclusively to fishing. Indeed, the industrious fisher
finds the whole season barely sufficient for the labours of his proper
occupation. From the middle of spring the fishing season continues
frequently till after Christmas, and the intervening space is barely
sufficient for refitting his nets, lines, and fishing tackle. But the
population of the coasts of the.Highlands is sufficient to admit of the
professions being separated, which only injure each other when
conjoined. |
