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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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