HERRING FISHERY. 



Since the time that the ufual fupply of Dutch herrings has 

 failed, on account of the war, a very great quantity of Swedifh 

 herrings is confumed in Germany ; for, though the Germans do 

 not relifh Swediih herrings, yet the lower clafTes are obliged to 

 purchafe them or go without, becaufe the Altona and Embden 

 herrings bear at prefent fo great a price ; but laft year the Swedifh 

 herring fifhery (which is carried on in November and December, 

 when a fhoal of herrings from the North Sea ufually fills all tha 

 bays and creeks from Gotten burg to Strom ftadt) was very defec- 

 tive, and therefore the exportation of faked herrings from Swe- 

 den is prohibited till November, 1800, that the Swedes them- 

 felves may not have a too fcanty fupply. The reafon of its fai- 

 lure was, that a part of the fhoal inftead of going towards the 

 Sound, entered the Elbe, and another part again, inflead of 

 {lopping before the Sound, entered the Baltic, and advanced to 

 the Ifland of Ruigen, and other parts of Swedifh Pomerania, 

 where no herrings had been feen for a confiderable time. Whe- 

 ther any of the herrings caught on the coaft of Swedifh Pomera- 

 nia were falted ; if they were, to what amount, and co what quv 

 lity, are questions which I am unable to anfwer. 



Swedifh herrings are not agreeable to the palate of the Ger- 

 mans, becaufe they are not cured according to the Dutch method, 

 and the peculiar mode of taking the herrings on the coaft of Swe- 

 den, muft render the adoption of the Dutch method extremely 

 difficult, if not impracti cable. 



Would the competition of the Swedifh or Pomeranian her- 

 rings be dangerous to the Britifh adventurer ? 



After we have adopted the Dutch mode of curing, and have 

 attained the Dutch excellence, the competition neither of Swe- 

 difh nor of any other herrings can be dangerous to the Britifh 

 Adventurer, for reafons already afligned. 



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