r THE 



HERRING FISHERY, 



TRANSLATED FROM THE FRBNCH OK 



M. DUHAMEL AND OTHERS. 



Of the Spawning Seafons. 



T is well known, that herrings do not all fpawi 

 at the fame time, and it is generally obferved, that 

 in the years, that the air is mild, they fpawn 

 fooner, than when the feafon has been very cold. 

 Sometimes, for inftance, a great quantity of (hot- 

 ten herrings is caught in the beginning of Decem- 

 ber, whereas in other years, great numbers of 

 full ones are found in January. This is a genera! 

 obfervation ; and if we inquire more particularly 

 into the bufmefs, we fhall find, that foms herrings 

 fpawn much fooner than others : fo that in Ofto- 



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