CONTENTS. 



JLxpences of a VeJJel of Sixty Tons Burden, fitted out as aBvfc 



for the White Herring Fijkery - 233 



An Account of the Number of Ruffes fitted out in Scotland f mm 



the Tear 1750 to the Tear 1783, both incluji-jc, with the 



Amount of their Tonnage, Number of Men, and the Barrels 



' of Herrings taken. Extracted from the Ciijlom-lloufe 



Books at Edinburgh 2 3 3 



A Table refpcSlinv the Operation of the no<w exifting J>o:i>i*v 



Laws on the Hebride IJles, and the We/iern Shores in general 255 

 A Table giving fame Idea ho~jo far the Royal Naw, the Reve- 

 ' nuc, and other important blatters of public Concern will alfo 



be afefted, Jhould the Bufs Fijbcry be abandoned 236 



Of the Weftetn Boat FiJJyery 241 

 Of the Herring Fijbcries by Foreigners, on the Shores o* Britain 

 and the Continent ; particularly the Dutch, with their Me- 

 thod of curing and pack - 2 5 



Injlruflions by the Magijlrates of Rotterdam, to be obferved by 



the Labourers employed in lifting Herrings out of the JJar- 



rcls,- and bringing them to the packing Tubs (called by them 



Werpers) 261 



Injlruftions by the Magift rates of Rotterdam, to be obfer'vedby 



the Packers and Upjillers of Herrings ~ 263 



Inftru&ionsbythe.*Magiftrates of Rotterdam to the Servants af* 



tending their Herring Cellars ( named by them Plaatjkncgten ) 267 

 Inftniftions for the Coopers andDaunters or Springers of Her- 

 rings 270 

 Copy of a Letter from Lerwic, Capital of the Shetland IJles, 



March 9, 1785 272 



Extract of a Letter from Scotland, May 10, 1785 275 



Of the SvjediJJi, Norway, Danify, Prujjian, Flemijh and 



French Fineries 280 



Of the Engtijh Herring Fijheries 281 



Of the Englfi White ^Jberics 287 



Of the Irijh Herring Fisheries 310 



Of the Irijh White Fi/heries 316 



Table of Bounties, Premium^ and Drawbacks, for the En- 

 couragement of the Irijlj Fijheries in Europe and America ; 

 alfo the Premiums allowed by the Dublin Society 321 



Heads of a Bill for further regulating and encouraging the 



, March 1785 32; 



A View of the Scottifh White Fifheries. 



Introduction 



Of the Efijlcrn Fijhery . 



Of the Shetland Fijhery 



Of the Hf bride or North-Weft FiJIxry 



