522 OF THE EAST COAST, &c. 



the coaft, there is not a doubt but their fuccefs 

 would be very great, as there is vaft abundance of 

 cod and ling on that coaft; an :ge (hoals of 



herrings come from the northward, in ihe months of 

 July and Auguft, a moft beneficial fifhery might be 

 cxpedled fiom them : allo f.. ail bounties for a few 

 years, to encourage the inhabitants to make trials, 

 is ftrongly recommended. The falmon fifhing on 

 this coaft is greatly on the decline for fome years paft. 



Montrofe. There are about 40 fmall boats - 

 ployed in ftfhing upon t! , and from 6 to 8 



men in each boat. Their fifli is all confumed hv 

 the country in the neighbourhood. The account of 

 the filhery here is pretty much the fame as at Aber- 

 deen. 



Dundee. There are only 3 fmall fifhing boats at 

 this place, and what they take is inefficient for the 

 towns on the coaft, and they ufe no line* for great 

 cod and ling. About Mar's bank, and the cape, 

 they fay there are great plenty of thefe filh; but they 

 would require decked (loops to do things to purpofe 

 there. 



Dunbar. Formerly there was a very confiderable 

 cod and ling fifhery carried on from this place, as 

 far fouth along the coaft, as Holy Ifland in North- 

 umberland. The fifh were plenty, and the profits 

 very large : the ftagcs and houfes are (till kept in 

 repair. It is reckoned, the uncertainty of the her- 

 ring, on which they feed, coming on the coaft, is a 

 great reafon why the cod and ling do not con 

 fuch numbers. There is this year a better appear- 

 ance of cod and herrings, than has been on the coaft 

 for a long time. A bounty is ftrongly recommended 

 to be given to vefiels fifhing for herrings in the 

 Dutch way, which is hauling their nets at fea into 

 the veflels, and prohibiting the ufe of boats al- 

 together *. 



* The writer probably means only the fhip's boats, as the 

 Dutch ufe none in their herring fiHieries. To prohibit a boat 

 fifhcry unconnected with bufles, would be cruel and unjuft. 



