834 



ANNUAL REGISTER, 1804. 



farmers should look over the ten al- 

 lotments annually, and he who had 

 imprOTcd tlic most, should be ex- 

 cused paying rent for that year. It 

 should be noted also, that lime is 

 within a few miles of these cottages. 



I have the advantage of a further 

 ^communication upon this subject, 

 ^rom Edw. IlarrieSj esq. of Arlcscot, 

 in this county. 



Mr. Ilarrics's experience, as an 

 active and attentive landlord, of very 

 considerable property, makes his 

 observations on husbandry very va- 

 luable ; and they have peculiar 

 ■weight on this part of the subject, 

 from the kindness and consideration 

 ■with which he treats his labourers : 

 — " The building should be of a di- 

 mension to allow two separate 

 chambers. An acre of ground an- 

 nexed to it would admit of half be- 

 ing annually sown with wheat, the 

 other half with hemp, potatoes, cab- 

 bilges, and beans ; these would be a 

 great assistance to the labourer, in 

 ■the support of his family, and would 

 enable him to keep and fat a pig. — 

 His situation would be still more 

 comfortable, if five acres of land 

 were added to it, as he could then 

 keep a cow, and somewhat increase 

 his quantity of grain. A double 

 cottage I would generally recom- 

 mend : there rs some saving in the 

 erection, and they may mutually as- 

 sist each other ; for though violent 

 quarrels sometimes arise betv.ecn 

 such near neighbours, j^et reciprocal 

 interest soon occasions a forgetful- 

 ness of past oflenccs. There should 

 be at least two cottages to every 100 

 acres ; the situation open to a pub- 



lic road, drj', and south or soutlt- 

 east." 



The Dutch Method of curing Ilcf' 

 rings; extracted and trandatcd 

 from the German of Kribiitz's 

 Economical Encijclopcedia (OeconO' 

 viische Encjjclojuid/e) Article fJi'tr- 

 ing. Bij J. Hinckley ■) Esquire , 

 F. S. A. 



The vessels employed in this fish- 

 ery, commonly called herring-bus- 

 ses, from the Dutch name, are gene- 

 rally between 48 and 60 tons bur- 

 then, though some from -.40 to 80 

 and 100 tons are used. The largest 

 of all carry 120 tons, are three- 

 masted vessels, with one deck, and 

 a cabin at each end; that a-head 

 serving as a kitchen. Of the larger, 

 the crews arc 21 men, those of the 

 smaller, 18. They carry a few fimall 

 guns and musquotry. 



Their nets are dipped, or cast 

 out, in the evening, and drawn up 

 in the morning. It requires three 

 hours to wind them on board.-;- 

 From the net, the fish arc imme- 

 diately put into baskets, while others 

 of the crew are occupied till evening 

 in gutting, salting, and packing. But, 

 although from 10 to 15 last are 

 sometimes taken at a draught, the 

 twelve persons usually em])!oyed for 

 the purpose cannot complete more 

 than live last in a day. 



During the three first weeks, from 

 the 2.5th of June to the IGthof July, 

 all the fresh- caught herrings are 

 thrown into casks, without picking, 

 and conveyed to Holland, in the jii- 

 gers, or yatchs*, that accompany the 



* These are small, fast-sailing vessels, which follow the herrinji-busscs, supply 

 them with provisions, casks, suit, and other neccsfarics, and carry the fish that ha\e 

 been taken to the nearest port, where tlicy are re-pacLed, and prepared for ssndiiig 

 to ttie places of thcii- duatination. 



lierring-i 



