164 THE HERRING FISHERY 



glaze, and the manufacture of an indelible 

 ink." 



We may fitly close this chapter with the 

 note that the eighteenth century witnessed 

 the extinction after nearly 800 years of the 

 Yarmouth Herring Fair, which lasted from 

 Michaelmas to Martinmas, and caused infinite 

 troubles and disputes, but which emphasised 

 the position of the town as the head of the 

 English herring trade in the eyes of the world. 



