|34 DUTCH MODE OF CURING HERRIKGS. 



him; and it now appears his practice is confined to the coars- 

 er part of the hemp manufactory. It was my intention to 

 have produced with the above a pair of stockings, manufac- 

 tured on the principle of cotton, and also a specimen of fine 

 cloth on the same principle, with a view to show the great 

 extent of contrast; but, on application to a cotton spinner, 

 I found the quantity of material I had in a state of prepar- 

 ation suitable was not sufficient for the operations of card- 

 ing ; in consequence I am obliged to postpone my designs 

 till I am enabled to prepare a sufficiency. Greatly desirous 

 of contributing to the accomplishment of the object in view, 

 and sensibly how much the sanction and approbation of the 

 Society would tend to promote it, 1 hope they will consider 

 my continued exertions worthy their farther attention. An- 

 ticipating their approbation, I remain, 



Very respectfully, 



Thy assured Friend, 



EDWARD SMITH. 



Brentwood, the 26th of 3d Month, 1811. 



VIII. 



Account of Herrings cured in the Dutch mode on board British 

 Vessels; by Francis Fortune, Esq.* 



11 N the deep sea (which is the principal fishery for her- 

 FisHng for . , . % V \ a *i u u / j a. 



herrinj". rings) the nets are cast from the busses by sunset, and they 



drive by them alone expecting the shoals, the approach of 



which is generally indicated by small quantities ot-fish ; and 



their arrival by immense flights of sea fowl. The best fishing 



is with the wind off shore, for, when it blows in a contrary 



direction, the shoals are broken and dispersed, and the fishery 



is seldom successful while it continues in that point. 



Management Immediately after the nets are hauled in, (which is often 



of them when performed with considerable difficulty, by means of a wind- 



caughi. 



* Abstracted from the Trans, of the Soc. of Arts, vol. xxix, p. 157. 

 The gold medal, being the premium offered, class 165, for curing British 

 ) white herrings in the Dutch method, was adjudged to the author. 



