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taken the ufual oaths required, under pain of difcrc- 

 tionary punifhment, 



2. The aforefaid packers fhall not fill up or pack 

 any herrings for the circle, or burn-mark, before 

 thc^y be firfl vifited by the keurmeeflers, while they 

 are in fea package. 



3. In cafe the herrings in the middle of the bar- 

 rel fhall not prove fo good as in the top, they fhall 

 acquaint the vifitor with it, and obferve his direction 

 about them. 



4. And they fhall not pack into the aforefaid 

 package, but throw out,, a\l broken herrings, fuch as 

 are fick in the ran or melt, belly fick, fuch as have 

 been too long ungutted, fpaned herrings, fuch as have 

 been fcr imped of fait, wrack herrings, white ranned 

 herrings, and in general all forts of herrings that are 

 not merchantable and unfit to be packed, 



5. The packers fhall lay the herrings, as flifF and 

 fail as poffible, flretch the gangs, clofe them, and 

 bring them clofe to the. fides of the barrel, that the 

 mark may be well packed, and as heavy as pofiible. 



6 . The packers fhall not in one day lay at any tub 

 more than two lafts of herrings of the great burn- 

 mark, 3 lafts of crofs burn-mark, and 45 barrels 

 of circle or Bartholomew burn-mark, except it fhall 

 be by exprefs order of the vifitor. 



7. All herrings packed by them in barrels, which 

 are marked with the great burn- mark, lhall be lifted 

 out of the packing tub from amongfl the pickle, and 

 put into trays or flat tubs that have holes bored in 

 their bottoms for draining, out of that they are to 

 be packed into the barrels, except the two upper- 

 moil gangs, which for herrings marked with the 

 great burn-mark, are to be taken out of the flavour 

 barrel, and the upper gang of all other marks taken 

 likewife out of faid barrel. They fhall likewife 

 draw off or pull away the (bellern) bellies from the 

 herrings laid intothofe flavour gangs. 



8, They lhall put their marks upon both heads 



within 



