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from 30 to 40 fhillings per ton be allowed on vef- 

 fels in this trade ; that thefe be from 30 to go tons, 

 carrying at leaft as many men as in the herring 

 filhing bounty, and properly fitted out with a fuffi- 

 cient number of boats, hooks, lines, &c. according 

 to their tonnage. There is not a doubt but in this 

 way, the cod and ling fifhery may be carried on to 

 great national advantage, and between it and the 

 white herring fifhery, afford ample employment to 



the men. 



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Extra?} from Jundry Papers relative to the Fijheries y 

 Jigned by the Magiftrates and Adventurers in 

 Rothfay. 



White fifhing for mod part is carried on with 

 fuccefs wherever there is a herring fifhery, or where 

 a fhoal of herrings pafs 5 in fupport of which affertion 

 there are at all times plenty of ling and tufk on the 

 banks of Shetland, where the herrings frequent ; 

 alfo at Barra, and other parts of the Long Ifland, as 

 the herrings take that route when on the'ir paffage 

 to Ireland, and in all feafons whenever there is a 

 fifhery in the Scottifh lochs, cod, ling, and other 

 kinds of white fifh are got in great abundance. 

 Wherries are beft calculated for white fifheries of 

 every kind, on account of their faft failing j floops 

 cannot work lines under fail as wherries do. No 

 fooner is the feafon of herring fifhing over, than that 

 for the cod and ling commences. Wherries can 

 therefore be always employed ; floops can alfo go to 

 the white fifhing, in lochs, or near the coaft, by 

 fifhing with boats ; but none can fifh on the banks, 

 at fea, but wherry rigged vefTels. 



A bounty of 50 fhillings per ton fhould be al- 

 lowed to every veflfel fitted out in a proper manner 

 for fifhing cod and ling, or other white fifh. Sea- 

 men can be bred and trained up to fatigue in that as 

 well as the herring fifhery. 



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