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Englishman and Dutchman," also pubHshed 

 in 1697. A fourth version published in 1700 

 as " England's Path to Wealth " reached a 

 second edition in 1718, was translated into 

 Swedish five years later, and finally — proof 

 of its more than national interest — included 

 among the Somers tracts. Any one desiring 

 to investigate the subject of the herring industry 

 at the close of the seventeenth century should 

 turn to Puckle's curious and vivacious pages. 



Section III. — ^The English Herring Fishery 

 IN THE Eighteenth Century. 



In 1704 Queen Anne reorganised the various 

 laws relating to the herring fishery. She per- 

 mitted the use of all harbours and shores for 

 landings on payment of reasonable dues, did 

 away with the exaction known as " Saturday's 

 fishing," or " a night's fishing," and enacted 

 careful regulations with regard to the quality 

 of salt with which the fish was to be cured. A 

 bounty of £10 4^. per last was given on the 

 export of Scottish herrings, and £24 per last on 

 red herrings. Foreign fishermen employed 

 by British subjects were entitled to the same 

 privileges as British subjects employed by 

 _ British employers, and various materials needed 

 I for the fitting out of fishing boats were freed 



■ from import duty. The salt used was not, 



■ however, to be of Scottish origin — this was only 



