128 OTHER MODES OF CURING HERRINGS. 



been stated to exhibit to the non-practical reader some of 

 the various preparations employed. 



One mode of curing has not been referred to — namely, 

 that of curing herrings without the application of either 

 salt or smoke. It may be difficult to do this in hot weather, 

 unless, perhaps, by repeatedly dipping the fish in sea 

 water ; but in winter we have tried the experiment, and 

 find that fresh herrings cut open and exposed to the air 

 acquire a firmness which renders them fit for keeping for 

 a considerable length of time, a practice which was pro- 

 bably in use among our ancestors before the process of 

 manufacturing salt was discovered. 



