4 oa APPENDIX. 



No. III. 



Of the method of making ISINGLASS 

 in ICELAND, from the SOUNDS of 

 COD and LING. 



THE founds of cod and iing bear general like- 

 nefs to thofe of the Sturgeon kind of Lin- 

 nans and Artedi, and are in general fo well known, 

 as to require no particular defcription. The New- 

 found land and Iceland fifhermen fplit open the filh 

 as foon as taken, and throw the back-bones, with 

 the founds annexed, in a heap-, but previous to 

 putrefaction, the founds are cut out, wafhed from 

 their (limes, and faked for ufe. In cutting out 

 the founds, the parts between the ribs are left be- 

 hind, which are much the beft ; the Iceland fifh- 

 ermen are fo fenfible of this, that they beat the 

 bones upon a block with a thick flick, till the 

 Pockets, as they term them, come out eafily, and 

 thus preferve the found entire. If the founds have 

 been cured with fait, that muft be diffolved by 

 ileeping them in water, before they are prepared 

 for Ifwglafs. The frefh found mult then be laid 

 upon a block of wood, whofe furface is a little 

 elliptical, to the end of which a fmall hair brum is 



nailed, 



