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" Of all the fish of the sea, Herring is king." 



" Herring in the land, 

 Doctor at a stand." 



" Red Herring ne'er spake but e'en [once]: 

 Broil my back but not my weamb." 



N former days, before new fashions had 

 led men astray, causing us to "take a 

 forgetfulness " of the worth of the herring, 

 it was not thought unworthy of a place 

 before kings and nobles. If it were the 

 denizen of some distant sea, found swim- 

 ming in solitude instead of in schools (which are 

 sometimes to be measured in miles), and if every 

 herring were sold at a crown per scale, it would doubt- 

 less be as highly prized as any other foreign novelty. 

 Its merits have long suffered an undeserved eclipse ; 

 but at length the delicacy of the bloater and the 

 savouriness of the ham-cure are again causing the 

 herring to be recognised as worthy of the attention of 

 all who estimate worth by quality rather than by cost. 



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