4118 CO--N GE &R. Clafs IV. 
fhould exude before they are fit for ufe. It is re- 
markable that a conger of a hundred weight will 
wafte by drying to twenty-four pounds; the people 
therefore prefer the {malleft, poffibly becaufe they 
are fooneft cured. During the procefs there is a 
confiderable ftench; and itis faid that in the fifhing 
villages the poultry are fed with the maggots that 
drop from the fifh. 
The Portuguefe and Spaniards ufe thofe dried 
congers after they have been ground into a powder, 
to thicken and give a relifh to their foups. We 
think they are fold for about forty fhillings the 
quintal, which weighs one hundred and twenty-fix 
pounds. 
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