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out of their hands, but out of the tubs, where they 

 muft firft be plunged, that they may appear clear 

 in the barrels into which they are packed. 



9. The tubs are to be filled moderately, to prevent 

 lofmg of the herrings or pickle, by throwing in 

 too many. 



10. They lhall be obliged to fort out a parcel of 

 the beft middling fort of herrings, which are to be put 

 into ,a barrel, and made uic of by the packers for the 

 upper gangs, and not thrown into the tubs with the 

 reft ; the pickle that is in th-e barrel which holds the 

 laid herrings is to be cleaned by a fieve &t the fame 

 time that the tub is cleaned, which is after the raifing 

 of feven barrels, &c. 



n. They fhall not be frighted or feared from 

 their duties by threats, promifes, gifts, or rewards ; 

 neither corrupted nor enticed to do any thing that is 

 contrary to the fixed regulations, direftly or indi- 

 rectly ; if any fuch thing {hall'happen, they are im- 

 mediately to acquaint the vifitors of the fame. 



12. They fhall behave themfelves foberly like 

 honeft housekeepers, and forbear fmoking tobacco 

 during their work. 



13. All which articles the aforefaid labourers 

 (inwerpers) employed in raifing of herrings and bring- 

 ing them into the tubs for packing, fhall faithfully, 

 honeftly, truly, and diligently obferve, as alfo fuch 

 general ordinances and ftatutes as are made concern- 

 ing the great filhery, on pain of being removed 

 from their fervice, reputed perjured, and punifhed 

 as fuch. 



Inflruftions by tbe Magiftrates of Rotterdam, to be ob- 

 ferved by tbe Packers and Uf fillers of Herrings. 



i. No man fhall prefume to exercife the office of 

 a packer before he is firft admitted thereto, and has 



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