or THE 



HERRING FISHERY, 



TRANSLATED FROM AN EfcSAT IN DUTCH, ENTITLED, 



BESCHRTriNG FAN DE HARINGFISSCHERrf:, 



J[ HE Herring inhabits the Northern feas, and 

 probably amidft the great Ice iilands, fpawns in 

 the months of Auguil and September, and multi- 

 plies fo aftonifhingly, that notwithftanding the great 

 deftru&ion of them by the fifh of prey and men, 

 the fpecies is not fenfibly diminifhed. The her- 

 ring belongs to that clafs which emigrate. They 

 make their appearance yearly in prodigious num- 

 bers. The great fhoal, in its progrefs from the 

 North, divides into two principal branches ; the 

 right wing oes weftward, falls towards the coaits 

 of Iceland in the month of March ; the left 

 inclines to the eaftward, Thefe two grand divi* 

 fions are afterwards fplit into feveral fubdivifions : 

 fome bend their courfe towards Newfoundland, 

 others towards the coafts of Norway, and partly 

 fall into the Baltick through the Sound ; while 

 another part turns the North point of Shetland, 



where 



