HERRING FISHERIES. 173' 



and fcparate the grand body of the herrings into 

 two parts, thefe wanderers ilill continue their comic 

 to the Southward ; one divifion proceeds along the 

 call fide of Britain, pays its tribute to the Orkneys, 

 the Murray Firth, the co.ifts of Aberdeen, Angus 

 and Fife; the great rivcT Forth, the coaft of Scar- 

 borough, and particularly the far projecting land at 

 Yarmouth, the antient and only mart of herrings 

 in Fngland, where they appear in October, and arc 

 found in confiderable quantities till Chriftmas. Du- 

 ring this feafon they fend a confiderable fuppi 

 the London market; and pafling down the channel, 

 they pay a flight vifit to the north coaft of France, 

 but fo cxhaufted arid impoverifhed, that they are 

 very improper for commercial purpofcs, though 

 ibmetimes cured for exportation. 



The other brigade take their cotirfe from the 

 Shetland iflands, along the weft fide of Britain, and 

 are obferved to be larger and fatter than thofe on 

 the eaft fide. After pafling the Shetland, and the 

 Orkney ides, they crowd in amazing quant 

 into the lakes, bays, and narrow channels of the? 

 fhires of Sutherland, Rofs and Invernefs; which, 

 with the Hebride iiles, efpecially the Long Ifland, 

 compofe the greateft ftationary herrin 

 Britain, that upon the coaft of Shetland except*. 



Sometimes, as in 1784, this (hoal, in its fou- 

 thern progrefs, edges clofe upon the extenfive ci 

 .rgylefhire ; fills every bay and creek ; viiits, in 

 1 detatchments, the Firth of Clyde, Lochfine, 

 and other lakes within the entrance of that river; the 

 coaft of Airfliiro, and of Galloway, to the head of the 

 Sohvay Firth. Having performed this friendly office to* 

 the wefternlhores of Scotland, the (hoal proceeds to- 

 wards the north of Ireland ; where, meeting wirh a 

 fecond interruption, they are again divided into two 

 brigades; one ihoal pal; n the Iriili Channel, 



the Ilk of Man, and affords an occasional ft; 



to 



