HERRING FISHERY. 



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On tins account the arrete of the parliament of 

 Rouen, Anno 1765, prohibits the bringing into 

 port, or unloading as frefli, any other herrings, 

 but thole of one, two, or three nights. 



It orders, in Art. 2, the makers of vefTels going 

 out on the fifhery, and the falters on land, not to 

 drefs, fait, or barrel any herrings but thofe of one 

 or two nights. The herrings of three nights 

 mult be half-reddened, (bouffis.) When we fay 

 herrings of one night , we mean the herrings, that 

 were caught preceding the day of delivery. 



The North fea and Yarmouth herrings, which 

 are falted at fea, have ufually the advantage of 

 being falted in due time, before thofe that are 

 brought frefli into, port ; and the picking out of 

 large mijt herrings diminjfhes the value of thofe, 

 that are made up for commercial purpofes. 



The council of (bate has iflued feveral orders 

 againft the abufes. It has ordered, 



1. That the herrings, which are taken in the 

 German fea, and in what is called the Yarmouth 

 fifhery, and which are calked at fea, be bar- 

 reled feparately, in barrels marked with three 

 flower-de-luces, befides the merchant's mark. 



2. That the channel herrings of one night and 

 falted, be marked with two flower-de-luces, and 

 thofe of two nights with one alone. 



3. That out of eighteen barrels in cafk^ there 

 fhall be formed only twelve made up barrels, each 

 of which muft weigh at leaft 282 Ib. 



4. That 



