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their bellies than elfewhere. They are left for 

 two days in this ftate, after which they are pour- 

 ed into tubs, and wafhed in their brine. Then 

 they are let drip again, and packed anew, in 

 the barrels, in fuch a manner, that a bed of fait, 

 and a bed of fifh. are placed alternately. They 

 are prefled very clofe together, and, when thus 

 made up, are in a ftate to be fent to France, or 

 elfewhere, where they are to undergo fame new 

 preparations as we fhall explain. 



Of the barreling of Cod-fijh, as it is praftifed 

 at Treport) in France. 



When the veffels arrive, they fet apart fuch 

 barrels of filh, as have loft their brine, and want 

 to be faked again. However, the whole cargo is 

 lodged in ftore-houfes, where it remains, until the 

 barrels are to be re-packed. Befides large ftore- 

 houfes, and a place for keeping fait, there muft be 

 a fpacious flied, provided with large tubs, two 

 feet four inches high, and ftx or feven feet in dia- 

 meter, fo that fix or feven women can wafli fifti in 

 them at the fame time. There muft be alfo fome 

 benches to let the fifti drip, as will be explained 

 hereafter, and a prefs for the purpofe of preffing 

 the cod clofe together, in the barrels. 



The fiih having been faked and barreled twice 

 at fea, are now to be barreled and faked a third 

 time, fo as to prepare them for fale, and to make 



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