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Such a veffel, as we have mentioned, carries thir- 

 teen men, befides fome boys. They take out 

 from one hundred and fifty, to one hundred and 

 fixty barrels of white Portuguefe fait, which has 

 been refined at Etaples, near Boulogne, in 

 Picardy. 



This fort of cod is prepared much in the fame 

 manner as the Dutch abberdahn^ and ufually fells 

 for one-fourth, or one-third, more than that, which 

 is falted in bulk. 



Of watering Cod for market. 



In watering cod, fait water is preferable. If 

 freili water be ufed, it mud be changed often, as, 

 otherwife, the fifh would contract a bad fmell, on 

 which account, running water is preferable to any 

 other. 



Of grappling for Cod. 



When there happens to be a fkul, or fhoal of 

 cod, if the fimermen have not bait, or if the fifli 

 will not bite, they throw out their fifhing hooks 

 at random, taking care at the fame time, not to let 

 the hooks touch the bottom. The fifh, de- 

 ceived by the brightnefs of the metal, are apt to 

 bite, and it often happens, that fome of them 

 are drawn up. But as they throw out, and draw in 

 the lines, at random, without waiting until the filh 



have 



