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drip on the benches or frames. Thefe benches 

 are made of ftrong fhingles, laid upon thick 

 planks, that ferve for flocks. A little opening is 

 left between the fhingles, for the flowing off of the 

 water, that drops from .the fifh. 



The floor under the ihed is paved and Hoping, 

 fo as that all the water, that falls, may flow off into 

 a channel. 



If the fliingles, laid over the benches, touch the 

 wall, that part is lined with planks, to prevent the 

 gravel from falling upon the fifh. 



As to the manner of arranging the fifh, they 

 double up fome of them, leaving 'the flefhy part 

 infide, and the fkin outfide. Thefe are placed 

 longways, at the back part of the edifice, to ferve 

 as pillows for the others, which are laid croffways 

 on the boards. The fifli, that are thus laid crofs- 

 ways, and that form the pile, are fo placed, that 

 towards the head they are elevated on the pillows, 

 while the tails incline downwards, forming an 

 angle of about forty-five degrees. They form a 

 pile, by laying divers beds of fifh, one over the 

 other, with this precaution, however, that in the 

 firft bed, which lies immediately on the fliingles, 

 the fkin is undermoft, and the flefhy part upper- 

 moft, whereas, in all the other beds, the flefhy 

 part is placed undermofl, and the fkin uppermoft, 

 to prevent the air's acting upon the flefh, which 

 would make it yellow. 



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