436 PLAN OF TOWNS 



to be numbered and put under certain regula- 

 tions*. 



Sheds for perfons employed in gutting, faking, 

 and curing the herrings and white fifh, and other 

 purj * .',;o lofts where thofe perfons may be fhel- 



tered at night from the inclement y of the weather -f. 

 It may occafionally happen, that the loch or bay, 



o, Mr. Alexander, a merchant of Deny, for the con- 



, Loch Suilly, 



to ereft a let ot buildings c I the following denomina- 



a complete falung h( of a range of honies 



for all the opera 1 ; cms, one of 20 feet 



It, which will 6 



to 200 tons ; another room of the farm >r tine fait ; 



ings from the boats, 



and gutting tlicm ; anil a fourth for a cooper's (hop. All thclc 

 aents communicate with a fecond range, 80 by 18 feet, which 

 is filled with veflels for firiking the herrings, that is, putting them 

 in fait 10 or 12 days ; and this range commr 

 80 bv ::i v.hichthe herrings, being taken from the 



above meir relied and iinally cured for the Ihipping. 



s thele, there is a dwelling houfc for the clerks, and other 

 perfons employed in that bufmefs, of .8 by 1 4 feet. All the build- 

 ings are of lionc, lime, and Hate, and proof againit all v. < 



HIS the boats when not !, and 



:<>r the nets. Over the curing houfc is a capacious 



empty barrels ; over the coopci ' 'its for 



:i;ul over the- gutting houfe is a hoop ftn 



buildings coft 5 or fool. They are a market where the country 

 peopK herrings, and where 100,000 may be lod , 



rations of gutting, falling, and packing. The fifli- 

 ing feafon in this loch is from the middle ; to Chriilmas ; 



.id by the merchant to the country boats is 45. 6d. pci 

 jooo of large herrings, 500 of which fill a band. The nbov 



buildings might Icrvc as a model to r 

 in Scotland. it purpofe an architect might exa 



and al: I > tlu- proprietor refjx i-ting any improvements 



which could be made on the original plan. 



-j- The gutting is performed by women and children, who, for 

 the frnall pittaiu half-pence j>er barrel, travel to the fifh- 



ericsfrom all parts of the :id through all incK 



.rrying on tlu.-ir Iv.ck- the inf mts, the meal, kettle, and 

 other little matters, which the townlefs coafts do not afford. Their 

 fituation, while in this employ, during the winter lealon, without 

 proper fhelter, food and cloathing, itllect difhouour on the boaft- 

 rd humanity of Brit' 



where 



