248 FISHER Y. 



£. 290 16 o 

 Infurance cargo, il 



per cent. 4100 



Ditto on fhip 10 10 o 



- - 15 o o 



305 16 o 



Interefl on that fum, for 6 months, at 6 per 



cent. - - - 9 3° 



Produce 

 Expenies 



Profit 



Here appears to be a Iofs of 28 per cent, by ac- 

 cepting the bounty: but the explanation of this 

 lies in the difficulty of being fure of a vefTel on 

 freight, this is not always certain, which induces 

 them to build, though freighting thofe of other 

 people is fo evidently cheaper. Refpecling the 

 mode of taking the fi(h, the boats, as before men- 

 tioned, are provided with all the accoutrements 

 neceiTary ; and here it will be proper to men- 

 tion an improvement of Mr. Montgomery's, by 

 which he has faved greatly: in common the nets 

 are tanned with bark, but he mixes tar and fifh 

 oil, 5 parts of tar, and one of oil, melted toge- 

 ther, to incorporate thoroughly, and while quite 

 hot, puts the nets into a tub, and pours it upon 

 them, in quantity fufncient to wet them ; draws 

 it off by a hole at the bottom of the tub, imme- 

 diately, in order .that too much of it may not 

 Hick, and make them clammy, which v\ouid be 



the 



