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■luo.st etFectually. It is ho siuipK; tliat any iislicnnaii, liaviiig seen 

 it in operation, can easily tit u]) one for liis own use. All that 

 is needed is an ovdinai-y Ueriin.g or })ovk liai-rei, some ice clioppecl 

 small and coarst' salt. Four -wooilcn flanges an- plaeed insidi' the 

 barrel, in an oliliqne direction, so as to nii.x and rotate the articles 

 to he frozen witli the ice and salt, when the barrel is jiut in mo- 

 tion. Tlie ban-el is half filled with alternate layers of ice and 

 salt, the pro]ioi-tions being three parts of ice to one of salt. Theji 

 the other half of the Ijarrel is tilled "with fresh herrings or any 

 other bait tlshcs ; the head is fastened tightly and the barrel is 

 placed on its side and rolled back and forward,, at a certain S2ieed, 

 for aljont iifteen nunutes. When the he;id is removed the tisli 

 are found to be frozen as hard as a block of wood. They are 

 then placeil in sawdust or dry mould and can be preserved for 

 a month or longei-, and used when reipiired. The fisherman 

 need never be without bait and the cost is trilling. The inven- 

 tion is a most valuable one, and will, when generally used, 

 greatly increase the annual catch of codhsh. Those who wit- 

 nessed it in o])eration were much grattiicd and pronounced it 

 a complete success. Of course this liari'el can lie used for freez- 

 ing any animal substance, such as meals, poulty, game, etc. On 

 an enlarged scale it could be apjdied to the preservation of ireslx 

 fish for use or exi)ortation. 



REFRIGERATORS. 



In addition to the freezing liarrel, MV. Xielsen, last year, 

 erected at Burin and Pres(|ue two refrigerating houses for freez- 

 ing bait on a large scale, and preserving it in this condition for 

 the use of the fishermen. In the freezing chamber twenty-four 

 degrees of frost are obtained, which is sufiicient for freezing any 

 kind of bait. Complete success was reached, the "bait being 

 i'rozen as hard almost as rock, and can be kept for any length of 

 time. These are intended as model refrigerating houses, which 

 capitalists engaged in the fisheries may re-proditce all round the 

 coast and at each of the large fishing centres. With these and 

 the freezing 1 larrel, when both are brought into general use, the 



