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Hollanders buf^ks driving at Sea,do break the Sholejand then the 
Herrings fly near the fliore,through the Sounds, where tl:e Scots 
take them with their fmall boats and nets. Had they better tac- 
kling,they would do bettierjp. 256,257. hn<^-^which u more than 
allithey have skilful and hardy Fijhers^U emure wind and weather^ 
and to be content mtb their oven provifions. Here a hondon^purje^cr 
A full Englifh purfe would do wonders ; and the time draws neer t§ 
frepare for the bujinefs. In Shetland they had then fat Oxen, at 3 
/• each Oxe ; fat Sheep, at 2 s* or 2- s. each fat Sheep ; Conies, 
eafietobe taken in abundance ; and Fowl^d^c f,2 57* He boughc 
in the Ifle of OunJ 1 16 5 5 gild Ling of the largeft fize, (if fmal- 
ler, he had two for one, or three for two,) and 835 gild Cod, 
which are the fargeft Cod, all taken by the inhabitants of Of^Ji; 
all broughi to his booth or the place of his abode,as foon as they 
were cought, every morning. The large giid Ling did cod him 
hut 3 a piece ^ the gild Cod but 2d.^ piece. They were faked 
aboard the Ship,^. 254. Muffet vsilues a Ling of 2 years old at 
a Noble, as the ufual rate in his time, about 60 years fince,or up« 
wards ; And the price of fleffi in London and other parts of Eng'- 
landiWuy now juftly raife the price of Viih. 
Our Author goes onto fliew, that Trading is the life of all the 
habitable world, how it firft raifed the Venetians ; then the Ge- 
nouefes'y next, the Portuguese then the Eaflerlings\ laftly the 
if(?//Ww,aboveall,by the Fifliery,p.2 58,2 59, &c. He proves 
by accurate Inftances, and grounded Calculations^ that (fo long 
agoc) Hollanders znd other Forrainers, gained by their Fifhery 
from the Coafts of England^ Scotland and Irelmd^to the value 
of Millions of pounds yearly. And hence is their abundance of 
Shipping, Pilots, Seamen.And he fhews, how the HoUmders do 
exchange their Fifli,to drive their main Trade, and to circulate 
the wealth in the world into their own Centers and Purfes, 
Compare herewith Mr. Evelyns lately publifhM ingenious 
Difcourfeof theO^/^/zf^/ andProgrefs of Navigation and Com- 
merce^ efpecially /.io7,io8,io9j&c. printed I'^hondonxKi H% 
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