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the others packed around it : and thus the evil 

 fpreads. If the weather be rainy, and the fifh- 

 barrels be left uncovered ; or, if the weather be 

 warm ; or, if the herrings before falting have been 

 Jong in a fituation unfavourable for their keeping 

 found ; or if they have acquired from any caufe^ 

 as from the garbage not being well removed, &c. 

 &c. a tendency to fpoil ; they ought to be exa- 

 mined carefully and repeatedly, fhould be foon 

 changed, and, on being re- faked and packed, 

 {hould have every unfound or fufpe&ed one 

 thrown out. The time, therefore, which they 

 may be allowed to lie in the firft pickle, muft 

 depend entirely on circumftances. Perhaps, the 

 firft pickling may be done in troughs, or large 

 tubs, with more eafe, expedition, cheapnefs, and 

 fafety, than in barrels, in the common way. The 

 Dutch, it is faid, frequently ufe troughs, for this 

 purpofe, filling them well up with fifh, which 

 touch and get the full effect of the preflure of the 

 lids or covers. Thefe are even made to prefs the 

 fifh more firmly, by means of weights, fcrews, 

 wedges, levers, or other mathematical powers. 



