COD FISHERY. 



Of the preparation of green Cod, in Northern 

 countries, which is called ABERDEEN, or AB- 



BERDAHN. 



The author of the General Hiftory of Iceland 

 is of opinion, that this name of Aberdeen, &c. 

 comes from the town of Aberdeen, in Scotland, 

 where he fuppofes, that cod was firfl prepared in 

 the manner we are going to defcribe. 



In northern countries, there are various me- 

 thods of- curing cod ; fome people cut off the 

 head, and take out the large bone ; others leave 

 the head, and prepare it along with the reft of the 

 fifh ; but the general mode ufed in thofe coun- 

 tries is, to dry the fifh without faking it. Howe- 

 ver, they prepare a fmall quantity in the green 

 way, of which we fhall now treat. 



The method of making Abberdahn, or Aberdeen, 

 is as follows. When the cod is brought into the 

 fifliing boats, they cut off the heads, and gut them 

 as far as the anus, without fplitting them into two 

 pieces, They then carry them to land, and 

 throw fome of the country fait upon them \ after 

 which, they wafh them in fea water, or in brine, 

 and fait them anew in barrels, with Spanifh, or 

 Portuguefe fait. This cod is not near as good as 

 that of Newfoundland, not only on account of the 

 fait which they life, (of which hereafter) but 



likewife, 



