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thefe caufes, returned home with a very fmall 

 cargo, that did not defray the expence. 

 Whereas, if they had had proper harbours 

 to go into upon the fifbing coaft, with great 

 ftore of fait, cafks, and fpare nets, they 

 might, inftead of one cargo, have had three, 

 four, or half a dozen, if allowed to.purchafe 

 herrings from the natives. 



Obfervation fecond. The moft fimple, and 

 the moft effectual way of making the fifhing 

 trade profitable, is by following the Dutch 

 method ; among whom fmall companies join 

 together, fuch as fliip carpenters, coopers, 

 net, or twine, and fail duck makers, black- 

 fmiths, feamen, and fifliers ; every one to be 

 paid in proportion to the quantity of fifh 

 taken. This would connect their intereft, 

 and the fuccefs of the fifhing together. There 

 is no fcheme that ever yet was devifed will 

 encourage labouring fo much as piece-work. 

 This is proved by the great height that ma- 

 nufactures of all kinds have arrived at in 

 England, fince this pracflice was followed. 



It is very obfervable, that although you 

 were to give a man a guinea per day, he is 

 not able to. work fo hard as when employed 

 in piece-work. When he knows his certain 



wages 



