IHE SHOEES OF BEITAIN. 



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TARMOUTH JETTY, IN THE HERRING FISHERY. 



rods are then suspended on ledges, tier above tier, 

 from the top of the house to within eight feet of the 

 ground ; a fire is then kindled and fed with green 

 wood, chiefly oak or beech, and maintained with 

 occasional intermissions, for about three weeks, or, if 

 the fish are intended for exportation, a month ; the 

 fire is then extinguished, and the house allowed to 

 cool, and in a few days the herrings are barrelled. 



Next in importance to the members of the above 

 valuable family, is the jNIackerel, the most elegantly 

 beautiful of the finny tribes that throng our shores. 

 It is in season earlier than the Herring, usually 

 appearing in spring, and the fishery is prosecuted in 



