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Mine, in allusion to the riches that nation has 

 drawn from it. 



The law has been so well observed, as it re- 

 spects the curing and packing, in that country, 

 that their reputation has given them almost the 

 complete control of foreign markets. 



The late Dr Mease, of Philadelphia, consider- 

 ed the subject of the herring fishery of such na- 

 tional interest, many years since, that he abridged 

 a pamphlet written by the Earl of Dundonald on 

 the subject, with a hope of awakening the people 

 of the United States to a realizing sense of the in- 

 exhaustible source of wealth the ocean presented 

 in the herring fishery. 



The Dutch law obliges the fishermen to sepa- 

 rate the herring caught in one night, from those 

 taken in another. None are allowed to be ship- 

 ped after the 15th of July. No herring are to 

 be sold on any consideration, till they have re- 

 mained ten days in pickle : — and the law also 

 compels the fishermen to complete the curing pro- 

 cess within three weeks after they arrive in port, 

 and lastly, to repack them. Salted in barrels — 

 four barrels of salt are to be put to every twelve of 

 fish. The law even says they shall be packed alter- 

 nately, lengthwise and crosswise; and lastly, no 

 salt but such as actually comes from St Ubes, shall 

 be used. 



