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MALACOPTERYGII. — CLUPEAD^. 



250,000/. The fresh Herrings that are consumed 

 in the metropolis are chiefly from the shores of 

 Kent and Sussex. 



YARJIOUTH JETTY, IN THE HERRING FISHERY. 



The Herring appears on our shores in the mid- 

 dle of summer, but seems to approach the coast 

 of Scotland earlier ; for in Sutherland the fishery 

 commences in June, and in Cromarty even so 

 early as May, while the Yarmouth season rarely 

 begins till September. They are taken chiefly by 

 means of drift-nets, described in our account of 

 the Mackerel, and by far the majority are cured; 

 in the first part of the season, however, they are 



