HERRING FISHERY. Ig 



ipawning, and becaufe the moft of them are 

 caught bjfore they are recovered, whereas, the 

 greateft part of the herrings quit the coafls a fliort 

 time after they have fpawned. 



Of the feafons^ in which Herrings are found in 

 different place s^ and of the variations, that oc- 

 cur in the courfes they take. 



In the beginning of fpring, the inhabitants of 

 the North take a great quantity of herrings in their 

 own feas. In June and July, the fifliery is carried 

 on near the Shetland iflands. In September and 

 Oftober, the fimermen take up their quarters at 

 the entrance of the German fea, and near the 

 coafls of the North of England ; this is called the 

 Yarmouth fifliery. When it is over, they follow 

 rhe herrings into the Channel in O&ober, Novem- 

 ber, and December. It appears, therefore, that 

 the herrings come from the North by the Orkney 

 iflands, and that after having touched upon the 

 coaft of Norway, they crofs the North fea to come 

 to the North of Scotland and England, whence they 

 proceed through the Streights of Dover into the 

 Channel, where the greateft part of them fpawn ; 

 after which they difappear, and feveral are of opi- 

 nion, that they return to the North along the coafU 

 of Ireland. 



It having been obferved, that the herrings leave 



the North towards April or May, the Dutch ufed 



c 3 formerly 



