COD FISHERY. 3 



cooper's name is to be marked upon them with a 

 red hot iron. They are then to be infpe&ed by 

 the warden of the coopers, who puts the mark of 

 the city upon them, and is allowe4 fix deniers for 

 every barrel. 



2. The empty barrels muft weigh about thirty, 

 or thirty-one Ib. (fixteen ounces to the Ib.) and, 

 when the cod is put into them, in the moift or brine 

 way, they muft not contain lefs than three hun- 

 dred and twelve Ib. of mil. 



3. For preparing fifh in this manner, it requires 

 from forty to fifty Ib. of white fait, in brine, fo 

 that the grofs weight of the barrel is to be about 

 three hundred and eighty-eight Ib. 



4. The barrels for cod, in dry fait, muft weigh, 

 when empty, thirty, or thirty-one Ib. like the 

 others. 



5. They muft contain three hundred Ib. of fifh, 

 from which the old brine has run off, and thirty- 

 feven, or thirty-eight Ib. of fait, fo that the grofs 

 weight of a barrel of cod, in dry fait, muft be 

 about three hundred and fixty Ib. 



6. The men, who make up the barrels, muft 

 feparate the cod, fit for fale, from fuch as are fmall 

 poor, black, yellow, or otherwife injured, which 

 are to be put into other barrels, marked with the, 

 word REBUT, that is, refufe^ or, trajh. 



7. Thefe men muft be fworn. The number of 

 them is fixed at thirty, and their falary at five fous 

 per barrel, whether the barreling be in brine, or 



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