HERRING FFSHERIES. 



o miles from the coaft, where the herrings are larger 

 and fatter than thofe taken in the Forth, or near the 

 fhores, and are nearly equal to the herrings taken in 

 deep lochs of the weft Highlands. This eaftern 

 fifhery is therefore to be confidered as producing 

 herrings of two different qualities, the large and the 

 imall, and requiring two different modes of regula- 

 tion. The deep water fifliery is to be carried on 

 by buffes or "decked veflels, from 20 to 80 

 tons burthen, who ought to be at the Shetland 

 iflands early in the fcafon, and attended by quick fail- 

 ing veflels to run with their rirft prime herrings to 

 Edinburgh, London, Hamburgh, Bremen* Copenha- 

 gen, and other cities where fuch herrings bring a high 

 price. While their rirft cargoes are thus in the market, 

 the bufies may continue the rifhery down the chan- 

 nel till the end of the feafon, and in this 'manner 

 the markets will be conftantly fed with frelh fup- 

 plies, greatly to the benefit of the merchant, the 

 filhers, and the labouring poor* along the whole 

 coaft. 



I have not been able to difcover any fegifter or au- 

 thentic lift of the number of decked veflels fitted out 

 from the eaftern coaft, previous to the year 1750; thofe 

 fent out on the bounty fmce that period have been 

 very inconfiderable. There is no data, therefore, 

 on which to form a conjecture refpecYmg the num- 

 ber that might be fuccefsfully employed from this 

 part of the kingdom. Were certain impediments 

 removed, and encouragements given, the adven- 

 turers would be enabled to meet the Dutch and 

 Swedes at foreign markets on equal terms, or nearly 

 ib, by which the fale would be confiderably encreaf- 



were altogether unnhle to be at any expense in teaching even the 

 moil ingenious children to draw ; and young artilh might b* 

 found among them, who attenvards would probably be able to 

 make a figure in advancing the finer parts of manufachirct, iuch 

 as printed linen?, the above mentioned damafts, &c" 



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