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the next season by harvesting and milling wood (Poynler 1963:M)). censuucting or
repairing boats. oars. $lager. m n oil vm (for renderiageod livun inro oil) and olher
related structures (Pope 1992:74). Subnirtenee huaing and gathering also seemed in
the fall and winter months md r d l s4e fur vdpping was canid our ro supplement the
income raised fmm the fishery (Pop 1992:82-83).
Each of the induuier carried w t by the planlm in Newfwndland required tools and
equipment both of a specialized md generalized nature. Codfish were caught on hooks.
sometimes attached singularly or in gmupingr of 2-3 per line and baited with eaplin or
pieces of mackerel, hening or quid. Back at the rhore rtation. the catch was l b n up
onto thc working platform (sage) with a pronged malf. where each fish was headed and
splir down the eenler The head. backbone and gull were disc& bnck into the seaand
the cod lives were saved left to render into "wain oil" in large vats. The main oil would
be dnwn off and sored in bamlr for shipment back to Europe where it wwld be sold for
tanning learher and lampoil (Srmllwwd 1991:470). Once gutted and sflit, h mdfirh
was washed and sprinkled with salt and dried m flakes (wmden fmer mvcred in
boughs) or m the mcky beach- until cured whereupon they would he preswd into rtackr
and stored for shipment to Eumpe or the West Indies.
Dunng the reventeenth century. &e qequipment uwd in the cd fishery war S pYired,
but nor panicularly compliwtcd. A vyietyof tools and equipment was employed in the