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of the cargo, at the rate of a florin, or one fliiiling 

 and tenpence each. 



This is a powerful inducement to the proprietors 

 of the fifliing vefTels, to ftretch out to the North 

 as far as poflible, in order to meet the fifii, which 

 are there of a fize, and of a deHcacy of flavour far 

 fuperior to thofe which are caught in the vicinity 

 of our coafts. The Dutch 'erecfled a ftatue to the 

 man who firft difcovered the method of fmokina:: 

 them, and of making what they call red- herring. 

 They thought, and they thought juftly, that the 

 citizen who procures for his country a new fource 

 of fubfiilence, and a new branch of commerce, de- 

 ferves to rank with thofe who enlighten, or who 

 defend it. From fuch attentions as thefe, we fee 

 with what vigilance they v/atch over every thinf 

 capable of contributing to public abundance. It 

 is inconceivable to what good account they turn 

 an infinite number of produdions, which we fuifer 

 to run to wafte, and from a foil fandy, marfny, and 

 naturally poor and ungrateful. 



I never knew a country in which there was fuch 

 plenty of every thing. They have no vines in the 

 country, and there are mere wines in their cellars 

 than in thofe of Bordeaux : they have no forefts, 

 and there is more fliip-building timber in their 

 dock-yards than at the fources of the Meufe and 



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