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  MANUFACTURE 
  OF 
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  protection 
  to 
  the 
  fish. 
  Every 
  fishing 
  boat 
  should 
  be 
  well 
  supplied 
  with 
  

   tarpaulin, 
  which 
  may 
  prove 
  useful 
  in 
  many 
  respects.* 
  

  

  The 
  next 
  thing 
  in 
  order 
  is 
  to 
  kill 
  the 
  fish 
  in 
  such 
  a 
  manner 
  as 
  to 
  al- 
  

   low 
  the 
  blood 
  to 
  run 
  out, 
  which 
  makes 
  it 
  whiter. 
  Although 
  this 
  man- 
  

   ner 
  of 
  killing 
  the 
  fish 
  is 
  acknowledged 
  to 
  increase 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  ar- 
  

   ticle, 
  it 
  is 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  as 
  general 
  as 
  it 
  should 
  be. 
  As 
  far 
  as 
  we 
  know, 
  

   it 
  is 
  in 
  vogue 
  only 
  among 
  the 
  French 
  and 
  Scotch, 
  and 
  among 
  the 
  Ice- 
  

   landers 
  when 
  fishing 
  is 
  carried 
  on 
  from 
  a 
  vessel. 
  Wherever 
  it 
  can 
  be 
  

   done, 
  this 
  method 
  should 
  be 
  employed. 
  No 
  time 
  is 
  lost 
  thereby, 
  as 
  it 
  

   can 
  be 
  done 
  while 
  the 
  line 
  is 
  run 
  out. 
  It 
  requires, 
  of 
  course, 
  a 
  little 
  more 
  

   labor, 
  and 
  fish 
  killed 
  in 
  this 
  way 
  ought 
  therefore 
  to 
  bring 
  a 
  higher 
  

   price. 
  On 
  board 
  the 
  vessel 
  fish 
  killed 
  in 
  this 
  manner 
  ought 
  to 
  be 
  salted 
  

   by 
  themselves, 
  as 
  the 
  quantity 
  will 
  never 
  be 
  very 
  large. 
  In 
  this 
  man- 
  

   ner 
  a 
  considerable 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  cod 
  from 
  our 
  large 
  cod 
  fisheries 
  could 
  

   be 
  prepared, 
  and 
  become 
  fully 
  equal 
  to 
  the 
  Iceland 
  fish. 
  The 
  extra 
  

   price 
  of 
  1 
  ore 
  [about 
  J 
  cent] 
  per 
  fish, 
  which 
  of 
  late 
  years 
  has 
  been 
  paid 
  

   for 
  fish 
  killed 
  in 
  this 
  manner, 
  gives 
  a 
  little 
  additional 
  money 
  to 
  the 
  

   fishermen, 
  amounting 
  to 
  about 
  10 
  crowns 
  [$2.G8] 
  per 
  thousand. 
  This 
  

   is 
  the 
  average 
  earning 
  per 
  fisherman 
  during 
  the 
  Loffoden 
  fisheries, 
  and 
  

   an 
  addition 
  of 
  10 
  crowns 
  should 
  therefore 
  not 
  be 
  despised. 
  

  

  A 
  principal 
  condition 
  for 
  obtaining 
  a 
  first 
  class 
  article 
  is, 
  that 
  the 
  

   fish 
  should 
  be 
  washed 
  before 
  it 
  is 
  put 
  in 
  salt. 
  The 
  Norwegians 
  are 
  the 
  

   only 
  nation 
  who 
  do 
  not 
  wash 
  their 
  fish. 
  All 
  other 
  nations 
  wash 
  their 
  

   fish 
  with 
  the 
  greatest 
  care, 
  and 
  even 
  use 
  for 
  this 
  purpose 
  special 
  brushes 
  

   or 
  rags. 
  The 
  washing 
  had 
  best 
  be 
  done 
  after 
  the 
  fish 
  has 
  been 
  split, 
  in 
  

   tubs 
  filled 
  with 
  sea-water 
  which 
  should 
  frequently 
  be 
  changed. 
  Special 
  

   care 
  should 
  be 
  taken 
  to 
  clean 
  the 
  neck, 
  the 
  portion 
  under 
  the 
  dorsal 
  fins 
  

   where 
  much 
  slime 
  is 
  apt 
  to 
  accumulate, 
  and 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  back- 
  

   bone. 
  All 
  blood 
  should 
  be 
  carefully 
  removed, 
  which 
  is 
  best 
  done 
  by 
  a 
  

   pressure 
  of 
  the 
  thumb. 
  During 
  the 
  washing 
  the 
  black 
  skin 
  is 
  removed. 
  

   After 
  the 
  fish 
  has 
  been 
  washed, 
  it 
  should 
  be 
  allowed 
  to 
  lie 
  for 
  awhile, 
  so 
  

   that 
  the 
  water 
  may 
  run 
  off. 
  

  

  In 
  former 
  times 
  washing 
  was 
  common 
  in 
  Norway, 
  as 
  may 
  be 
  seen 
  

   from 
  a 
  decree 
  of 
  September 
  12, 
  1753, 
  where 
  it 
  says 
  that 
  the 
  thin 
  black 
  

   skin 
  shall 
  be 
  removed 
  from 
  all 
  fish 
  which 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  salted 
  while 
  they 
  

   are 
  fresh, 
  imposing 
  a 
  fine 
  on 
  every 
  one 
  who 
  should 
  violate 
  this 
  rule. 
  

   During 
  the 
  last 
  two 
  years 
  attempts 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  to 
  wash 
  the 
  fish 
  

   during 
  the 
  winter 
  fisheries. 
  If 
  these 
  attempts 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  accom- 
  

   panied 
  by 
  the 
  expected 
  result, 
  the 
  reason 
  must 
  besought 
  in 
  the 
  circum- 
  

   stance 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  conducted 
  on 
  too 
  small 
  a 
  scale. 
  In 
  manufacturing 
  

   klip-fish, 
  so 
  many 
  different 
  things 
  have 
  to 
  be 
  taken 
  into 
  account 
  that 
  

   no 
  conclusions 
  can 
  be 
  drawn 
  from 
  a 
  few 
  experiments. 
  The 
  experiments 
  

  

  * 
  It 
  may 
  bo 
  used 
  to 
  protect 
  the 
  crew 
  both 
  in 
  the 
  boat 
  and. 
  on 
  shore. 
  With 
  the 
  boat 
  

   fastened 
  by 
  the 
  painter 
  or 
  by 
  a 
  hauling-line 
  to 
  the 
  yard 
  and 
  sail, 
  in 
  whose 
  sheets 
  

   suitable 
  weights 
  are 
  placed, 
  depending 
  from 
  it, 
  the 
  crew, 
  when 
  bnddled 
  together 
  un- 
  

   der 
  a 
  tarpaulin, 
  will 
  be 
  as 
  comfortable 
  as 
  in 
  a 
  little 
  room. 
  

  

  