HERRING FISHERIES. 



men who have fpent their lives in the mercantile 

 fervice, or the royal navy. 



The feamanfhip acquired in thefe narrow channels 

 would be ftill further promoted by permitting the vef- 

 fels, inftead of lying at anchor in the lochs, to load 

 and carry home at pleafure, becaufe the fame vef- 

 fels would have a chance of making two or three 

 voyages in the feafon, inftead of one. This is the 

 method obferved by the Dutch : Some veflels fend 

 home their cargo by yawgers that attend the fifh- 

 eries for that purpofe ; while others, are their own 

 carriers. 



<c The inftant the bufies have difcharged their 

 cargo, they are refitted for fea ; and as the herrings 

 make an annual tour round Great Britain, experi- 

 ence has taught the Dutchman where to proceed on 

 his fecond voyage, and to be fure of his game. 

 While the bufles are out on their fecond voyage, the 

 proprietors on fhore are bufy in taking out the fifh 

 packed at fea, and repacking them with frelh pickle 

 for exportation. " 



This is alfo the practice of the Irifh bufles, who 

 being under no reftraints, frequently make their 

 cargoes in a few days, which they land at Belfaft, 

 Dublin, or Cork, from whence they return im- 

 mediately for another cargo, and are again loaded 

 with furprifing difpatch. 



Thus the Irifh, Dutch, and all nations who en- 

 gage in the filheries, are enabled to go to market 

 early, and fucceflively, while the Scots are detained 

 at anchor in the lochs of the North Highlands 

 till the markets have been fupplied by their 

 neighbours. 



I fhall clofe this fubject with a recent circum- 

 ftance which adds confiderable weight to the argu- 

 ments in favour of an unlimited fifhery. The win- 

 ter herrings generally frequent the coafl of Don- 

 negal in Ireland during the months of October, No- 

 vember, December, and part of January -, but in 



1784, 



