Oyster Dredgers of Whitstable

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. It is, true they do not have to seek their living far from home, and for that reason are not shrouded in quite so much romantic' mystery as their brethren of the herring fleet, or the _deep sea trawler. Yet the dredger, who works along a few miles of the coast, frequently encounters as much peril 'in hismlively smack, as those who have.