284 HISTORY OF. THE 



of November. The fifhing grounds are from TO 

 leagues north of Yarmouth to the South Foreland. 

 Their fmacks or vetfels carry from 30 to 50 tons, and 

 9 men and a boy upon an average. Every vefTel is 

 generally equipped at the firft fitting out with 90 or 

 100 nets, which are replaced about the middle of 

 the feafon by a frefli fee of the fame quantity and 

 dimenfions. The length of a net is 20 yards on the 

 lint, which implies the melh work, and 6 yards in 

 depth ; the value . i 1 1 6 each. 

 Expence of i fets of nets of 90 nets! Q 



each fet, at . i 1 1 6 each , J 

 6 warps to faiten the nets together, -| 



each warp being 120 fathoms long, I 37 16 o 



at . 6 6 o J 



60 buoys for floating the nets 770 



Mens wages for the feafon, befides il. 1 



per laft oh all the herrings taken / 

 Provjfions for ditto 30 o o 



- 398 13 o 



Befides various contingent and accidental expences, 

 as damages by ftrefs of \yeather, and the deflrudlion 

 of the nets by dog fifh, 



Each vefTcl takes out upon an average 5 tons of 

 fait for each outfit. The quantity is weighed out 

 by the officer to the owner of the vefiel, who, if the 

 fait be foreign, gives a bond that itiliall.be ufed 

 only in curing fi(h : Upon return of the vcfTel, the 

 owner gives an account to the officer, upon oath, of 

 the quantity confumed, whether foreign or home fait, 

 and the remainder being re-weighed, is laid up in his 

 ir.ajefty's (lores. The home fait is imported from 

 Liverpool. There are no cuftom-houfe fees except 

 for the fait bond, which is from 9 to 1-2 {hillings. 



When the veifel arrives on the fifhing ground fhe 

 fhoots her nets after fun-fet from over the fide, which 

 extend near a mile in length, and are carried by the 

 tide from 7 to 10 miles .each .tide, In two hours 



after 



