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YarmoutH Jerry, in traR HeRrine FisHEery. 
then washed, and spitted one by one on long wooden 
rods, which pass through the gills; great care is re- 
quired that they may not touch each other as they 
-hang; the rods are then suspended on ledges, tier 
above tier, from the top of the house to within eight 
feet-of the ground; a fireis then kindled and fed 
with green wood, chiefly oak or beach, and main- 
tained with occasional intermissions, for about three 
weeks, or, if the fish are intended for exportation, a 
month; the fire is then extinguished, and the house 
allowed to cool, and in a few days the herrings are 
barrelled. 
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