44 HERRING FISHERY. 



4. That the faking merchants do put their own 

 marks upon the barrels which is a very impor-" 

 tant point. 



Of Red Herrings, 



The Englifh red herrings ought to be naturally 

 the bed of all, becaufe they are made of Yar- 

 mouth herrings, and therefore of the bed kind ; 

 befides that, they are of one night, becaufe they 

 are delivered on the coaft immediately after being 

 taken, and none of them are faked in the veflels. 

 On the contrary, the red herrings, that are cured 

 in France, are not Yarmouth herrings, (of which 

 the French make white ones) but are caught near 

 the coafls of France, and they are of different 

 nights* Yet, notwithstanding thefe and fome 

 other eircumftances, the red herrings of the Chan- 

 nel fell more and look better than the Englifh ones, 

 which' is attributed to their being fmoked with 

 very dry beech ; but they cannot bear navigation, 

 or heat as well as the Engliih herrings. The brown 

 colour of thefe herrings, and their keeping better, 

 may proceed from their being fmoked and dried 

 more than the French herrings ; or it may be 

 owing to their being fatter. This matter may re- 

 ceive fome elucidation from the fequel. 



As to the Dutch, when the herrings do not 

 come to their coafts, as it happens in fome years, 

 they make white ones of all they take, both in the 



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