656 ADDRESS TO THE CONVENTION 



31. That no veflcl frequenting the fifheries, be 

 permi- ihoot her nets at the entrance 

 of the bays and creeks, thereby preventing the- her- 

 rings from on uys or openings; nor 

 fbouk) any perion be allowed to lay long fines for 

 taking of cod and ling acrofs the entrance of theie 

 bays. 



33. No nets fhould be fhot or wet for taking her- 

 rings in the day-time. 



32. A cert ion of the coaft or beach flv 



be allotted for the various purpoles of the herring 

 and white filheries, exempted from all claim.s 

 fhore dues whatever. 



34. That a fet of regulations, fuch as are expedi- 

 ent and practicable, be drawn up by the convention, 

 refpccting the bed modes of curing, packing, and 

 marking, fuited to each refpective leafon of the 

 year, particularly the early Shetland fifhery, in 

 which the convention will be confiderably aflifted 

 by the Dutch laws. See page 257, &c. alfo page 



35. That the practice of curing in bulk, and the 

 prefent mode of daunting, be clofely inveftigated, 

 and the propriety or impropriety thereof, be clearly 

 defined. 



36. That the thicknefs of the barrels for the re- 

 fpective feafons be determined ; t! md quality 

 of the wood fpeciried ; and the duty upon European 

 ilaves remitted. 



37. That the growth of willows be encouraged 

 on fenny grounds, near water-carriage. 



38. That as the prefent townlcfs (late of the Weft 

 Highlands, renders the natives of that great feat of 

 fifheries utterly unable to conform to laws and regu- 

 lation^refpedting fait; and as thele laws, however 



I or indulgent, will ever prove a barrier againll 



the extenfion of th< nal tifheries in general, it 



is fubmitted to the convent thrr it would not 



be expedient to fubftitute another object of revenue 



4 equivalent 



