40O APPENDIX. 



No. III. 



Of the method of making ISINGLASS 

 IN ICELAND, FROM THE SOUNDS op 

 COD AND LING. 



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HE founds of cod and ling bear general like- 

 nefs to thofe of the Sturgeon kind of Lin- 

 njeus and Artedi^ and are in general fo well known, 

 as to require no particular defcription. The New- 

 found land and Iceland filhermen fplit open the fifh 

 as fooTi as taken, and .throw the back-bones, with 

 the founds annexed, in a heap ; but previous to 

 putrefadion, the founds are cut out, wafhed from 

 their fiimes, and faked for ufe. In cutting out 

 the founds, the parts between the ribs are left be- 

 hind, which are much the beft ; tht Iceland -^[h- 

 ermen are fo fenfible of this, that they beat the 

 bones upon a block with a thick flick, till the 

 Pockets^ as they term them, come out eafily, and 

 thus preferve the found entire. If the founds have 

 been cured with fait, that muft be diflblved b)' 

 fteeping them in water, before they are prepared 

 for Ifinglafs. The frefh found mull then be laid 

 upon a block of wood, whofe furface is a little 

 elliptical, to the end of which a fmall hair brufh is 



nailed. 



