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generally used fresh. Herrings do not appear in any 

 great quantity higher up the coast. 



11. HANSE TOWNS. 



Hamburg. — Up to the year 1822 herrings were caught 

 in considerable quantities off the Elbe, near Cuxhaven, 

 from November to March. The quality was inferior. 

 They have now disappeared, or are never fished, and we 

 do not find any fishery of consequence till we come to 

 the kingdom of the Netherlands. 



12, HOLLAND. 



Zuyder Zee. — In the Zuyder Zee, off Harlingen and 

 Philipina, abundance of lean or shotten herrings often 

 appear in November or December. 



Texel. — Above the Texel full herrings are caught fre- 

 quently at the same period, and a considerable fisliery is 

 carried on every year between the Dutch and the English 

 coasts, as far south as the North and South Foreland, till 

 the 1st of January. 



13. FRANCE. 



The Channel — Calais, &c. — The visits of the her- 

 rings on the French coast generally take place from 

 autumn to January ; and although the fishery is often 

 inconsiderable, they are caught sometimes in large quan- 

 tities off Calais, Dieppe, Treport, and on the coasts as far 

 as the mouth of the Loire ; but beyond this point no 

 shoals have been at any time found. The size is about 

 the seventh class. 



