#4 COD FISHERY. 



in dry fait. They dont form a corporation, and 

 every trader can employ whichfoever of them he 

 pleafes. 



8. To prevent any trader from eluding the ex- 

 ecution of thefe orders, he muft mark the barrel 

 of his own falting, with the firft letter of his name. 



N. B. Thefe regulations refer merely to the 

 lad barreling and faking, which takes place after 

 the {hips arrive in port, and have nothing to do 

 with any prior preparations. 



Of the relative goodnefs of green Cod, prepared 

 according to the methods defcribed. 



The green cod of Newfoundland, prepared as be- 

 fore, is much efteemed in France, when it is new; 

 but, according as it grows old, it lofes its value, fo 

 that towards the middle of Lent, when the warm 

 weather begins to fet in, it is looked upon as a very 

 common kind of fifh. The preference is then 

 given to barreled cod, that has been prepared 

 according to what we have called the Dutch 

 method. 



Some people always prefer barreled cod, becaufe 

 it is whiter ; but as the whitenefs only proceeds 

 from the ufe of white fait, it makes the fifli tough, 

 and even changes the tafte of it. The chief rea- 

 fon why barreled cod fells well, is, that it keeps 

 better, and therefore, about the middle of Lent, 

 it is preferred to the other, although, at nrft, it 

 was not as delicate. 



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