*74 HISTORY OF THE 



pack the herrings into barrels, and whatever remains 

 uncured at the fun's going down, is thrown overboard. 



The crew confifts of 14 people ; the mailer, mate, 

 cook, five experienced fiftiermen, two young men 

 who have not full wages, two younger than thefe, 

 two, at ftill inferior wages, and two young boys, 

 fometimes poor boys that are taken on board for their 

 victuals without wages. 



When herrings are caught, the mafter, mate, and 

 cook, manage the veffel -, the oihers are all employed 

 in their different ftations, in gutting, cleaning, 

 packing, and curing the herrings. The five expe- 

 rienced fifhermen muft all be coopers, and pack, 

 cure, and cooper the cafks, and each muft put his 

 particular mark on the cafks he coopers, fo as to 

 detect him if he works fuperfi dally, and for which he 

 often pays by lofing part of his wages. 



The Dutch never fhoot their nets before the 24th of 

 June. They have a certain number of* j aggers for 

 carrying of the herrings caught from that time to the 

 1 5th of July. The firft, go to Holland ; the fecondj 

 to Hamburg ; and the third, to Bremen* 

 . If the" demand for herrings is greater at Hamburgh* 

 they often fend two or three cargoes more there. 



No herrings go to market until they are repacked, 

 (that is filled up) except thofe caught the fecond or 

 third night, which are fent off in their original pack- 

 age in order to catch the firft market, there being no 

 time for repacking* 



When they have time, they generally repack or 

 fill up, eight days after the herrings have been firft 

 faked. The veffels often filh within fight of the 

 land, and fometimes very near it, fo as they are feen 

 riding under their nets from the fhore, but that ia 

 always with an off-fhore wind. They fhift ground 

 as they find the herrings more to the northward of 

 fouthw^rd, but are feldom upon the coaft, at leaft 

 few of them, after the end of July, or firft week of 

 Auguft, alledging that the herrings go all fputhward 

 as the feafon fpends, a#d they generally end tha: 

 fifhery near Yarmouth* 



