l6 &ERRINC4 FISHERY. 



their refidence conveniently to the harbours, or 

 place where the bufmefs is going forward. 



I have faid already and the common fuiFragc of 

 all nations confirms it, that the Dutch herrings arc 

 the beft. No other caufe can be affigned for this 

 general preference, than the fcrupulous adherence 

 to the regulations and provifiojis juft now menti- 

 oned, it being by no means true, that the art of 

 curing, falting, and packing herrings is confined to 

 the Dutch alone. Other nations are as expert at do- 

 ing all that as we can be, but in no other country is 

 fo much attention paid to this branch of commerce 

 as in our republic, which is of fo much the greater 

 confequence to our Hate, as the necefTary expences 

 of {lores and fitting for the whale fifhery are al- 

 moft all defrayed from the profits of it. As long 

 as thefe wife ordinances and regulations are punc- 

 tually obferved, and no breach of them allowed, 

 notwithflanding the high wages, which may be 

 confidered as one caufe of its decline, it 

 faurijh. 



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