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boot's work assignment has been changed again. Master moved from the Mid-Suffolk district camp to the one in Waveney, which is on the coast. This is the first time boot has ever seen the sea! It is so wonderful. boot would never get tired of looking at it, but boot is too busy to be allowed to just stand around and watch it, much. boot still serves master all his meals, but otherwise boot now works with the shore crews gutting and cleaning fish. Mostly herring, but also cod, plaice, skate and haddock. The woman who showed boot what to do said that the waters were really overfished when the muggles were in charge. but now the fisheries are rebounding. That means their catch is increasing every year. So it is good that the Lord Protector is in charge of everything.
after waiting on master in the morning, boot gets to the shore just as the trawlers are coming in with the night's catch. They have big wooden trestle tables set up on shore. boot helps the crew unload there, and then the workers sort the fish and start cleaning it, standing at the table, with big flensing knives. boot always tries to get a place at the table so he can look out to sea if he glances up. he can't do that very often, though. The fish have to be cleaned quickly. it's very important to always keep your eyes on what you are doing. It would be very easy to cut yourself badly if you aren't paying attention. They always have to count the knives before the crews are allowed to leave at the end of the day. Yesterday, one of the knives got knocked off the table and buried in the sand. they would have made everyone stay out there all night if it hadn't been found. Of course, animals mustn't be allowed to smuggle any knives back into the camps. That keeps everybody safe.
boot works with the younger part of the crew that simply scales the fish, before the fillets are cut off. That means scraping the fish scales from their sides. The scales stick to everything and fly everywhere. even into boots eyes sometimes. The supervisors try to leave the job of gutting and filleting the fish, which means handling the knives, to the older people, with more experience.
Some of the fish gets used fresh. most of it is dried, so it can be stored and then used during the winter. Fish is very good for you. boot remembers Madam Pomfrey telling him so once.
Master says that he will be taking boot back to Hogwarts at the end of the week.
after waiting on master in the morning, boot gets to the shore just as the trawlers are coming in with the night's catch. They have big wooden trestle tables set up on shore. boot helps the crew unload there, and then the workers sort the fish and start cleaning it, standing at the table, with big flensing knives. boot always tries to get a place at the table so he can look out to sea if he glances up. he can't do that very often, though. The fish have to be cleaned quickly. it's very important to always keep your eyes on what you are doing. It would be very easy to cut yourself badly if you aren't paying attention. They always have to count the knives before the crews are allowed to leave at the end of the day. Yesterday, one of the knives got knocked off the table and buried in the sand. they would have made everyone stay out there all night if it hadn't been found. Of course, animals mustn't be allowed to smuggle any knives back into the camps. That keeps everybody safe.
boot works with the younger part of the crew that simply scales the fish, before the fillets are cut off. That means scraping the fish scales from their sides. The scales stick to everything and fly everywhere. even into boots eyes sometimes. The supervisors try to leave the job of gutting and filleting the fish, which means handling the knives, to the older people, with more experience.
Some of the fish gets used fresh. most of it is dried, so it can be stored and then used during the winter. Fish is very good for you. boot remembers Madam Pomfrey telling him so once.
Master says that he will be taking boot back to Hogwarts at the end of the week.