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seems to be that which resembles it the most : consequently, and 

 without hesitation, I regard it as a particular species in the 

 genus adipocire, already very numerous in species and varieties. 



[To be continued.] 



XII. Process for curing Herrings, Pilchards, Mackerel, Sprals, 

 ^c. hy Immersion in Brine of British "solid Sail." Bu 

 Mr. Phillips London^ of Cannon Sireet.* 



Sir, — 1 BEG of you to present my respectful com])!iments to 

 the gentlemen of the Committee, and also to the Societv, for 

 their vote of thanks conveyed to me in your letters of ^th March 

 and 21st of April last, expressing also their hopes that I would 

 persevere in preserving mackerel upon the principle which I had 

 the honour to communicate to them in May 1813, and which, 

 they were pleased to say, they regard as an object of much na- 

 tional consequence. 



I have not, sir, been inattentive to the object ; on the con- 

 trary, I have caused to be cured this last season at Rarasgate, 

 upwaids of twenty-five thousand mackerel. 



There were cured at the same place this autumn, and sent to 

 the West Indies, upwards of three hundred barrels of herrings, 

 and in the last spring, about fifty barrels of sprats, all preserved 

 upon the principles svhich the Society did me the honour so 

 highly to approve, and which, I am fully persuaded, is the most 

 effectual, oeconomical and expedicious method of ciuiiig hbh ever 

 practised; and I am strengthened in this hope by, observing in 

 the fishing regulating bill, now depending, ihat encouragenien.t 

 is held out by a new clause introduced expressly for the pur- 

 pose. 



In expectation that the mode of curing fish by immersion in 

 fully saturated brine of solid salt may become very general, par- 

 ticularly for herrings, I am induced to inclose to the Society the 

 process more fully explained than it is in their volume for 1813, 

 and calculated for curing fish on shore, and in any situation how- 

 ever exposed, even without any covering, as vou will readily con- 

 ceive that a surplus of salt on the surface of the brine will alwavs 

 meet and quickly saturate any rain whatever that may fall into 

 the reservoirs. 



I am, with respect and esteem, sir, 



Your obedient servant, 



•i7, Cannon Strict, Dtc. 6, 1814. PhillIPS LoNDON. 



To C. Taylor, M.D. Sec. 



* From TransactUms of the Societt/ for the Encouragement of Arts, Maini- 

 fuctiires and CommiTCc, vol. xxxii. tor J811. — Tiie thiuiks of ihcSociety were 

 vutcd to Air. Luijiiuu fur tiii:> coiiuiiuiucutiuu. 



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