The Journal of a Sporting Nomad 
fish. They then with another blow slit open the 
fish and clean it. In this state another John 
takes the fish and presses it on to a drum, on 
the surface of which are a series of knives running 
round the whole circumference of the drum. 
This cuts the fish into six lumps, which in due 
course fall into a large trough on the far side 
of the operator. Here are more Chinamen, 
who have on their right hand a thick glove, 
made, I should say, of untanned leather. Here 
also is a huge stack of empty cans awaiting 
filling. One of these men takes a lump of fish, 
then a can, and with his gloved fist crams the 
tin full of flesh. So soon as this is accomplished 
the tin proceeds to another Chinaman, who 
puts a small round disc of tin, termed clips, 
about the size of a five-shilling piece, on to the 
top of the fish; the covers of the tins, which are 
made by machinery; are then fitted on auto-— 
matically. The tins are now placed by other 
men in a Slanting direction, and roll down an 
inclined plane over a bath containing “ killed ” 
spirits of salts. The salts only touch the tins at 
the point where the edge of the cover meets the 
body of the can, and this is necessary in order 
that the solder may adhere to the cover and 
can, and so make an air-tight joint. The solder 
is put on in a similar way. The cans are drawn 
onwards by an endless chain over a bath of liquid 
solder, which is kept at melting point by a 
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