54 HERRING FISHERY. 



Offmoked Herrings, according to the Meclenburgh 

 method. 



It is faid, that, as foon as the herrings are 

 taken, they are put in brine for a fhort time, and 

 then filed upon rods, and hung up in a fort of 

 tower, made of brick or wood, which is open at 

 the top. A fire is made below of wood covered 

 with mofs, and, when a great quantity of fmoke is 

 produced, the top of the tower is covered with 

 mats. The herrings are left there, until they are 

 fuppofed to be fufficiently dry, and then taken 

 down, and fold immediately. They fay thefe her- 

 rings are excellent, but they do not keep long. 



Of the manner of curing Herrings, that are to 

 be ufed as baits. 



About the end of the feafon, when the her- 

 rings are bad, the fifhermen cure fome of them., 

 for the purpofe of baiting their hooks. Some 

 fifliermen fait them firfl in cajk, that is, they 

 give them ' a half-falting ; but others cut off the 

 heads, and open them, from one end to the other, 

 on the fide of the belly, and take out the inteftine^ 

 as likewife, the milt and pey, if there be any. 

 They alfo fcrape the infide of the herrings with a 

 knife, and, when they have taken out the blood as 

 much as poffible, they throw them into a tub full 



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