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On Curing British White Herrings. 
The only artists employed, except the plumber, were 
a country blacksmith and carpenter ; and the whole cost, 
exclusive of the pump and pipes, did not amount to five 
pounds. I am, &c. 
H. SARJEANT. 
Warwick Court , Holborn . 
Air. Charles Taylor. 
In another letter, dated Whitehaven, April &8, 1801, 
Air. Sarjeant further observes that the pump requires 
about eighteen gallons of water in the bucket to raise the 
counter- weight, and make a fresh stroke in the pump; 
that it makes three strokes in a minute, and gives about a 
half gallon into the cistern at each stroke. He adds, 66 1 
speak of what it did in the driest part of last summer; 
when it supplied a large family, together with work 
people, &c. with water for all purposes, in a situation 
where none was to be had before, except some bad water 
from a common pump which had been since removed. 
But the above supply being more than sufficient, the ma- 
chine is occasionally stopped to prevent wear, which is 
done by merely casting off the string of the bucket valve.- 
NO. 10. 
On curing British White Herrings in the Hutch me- 
thod. By Francis Fortune, Esq.* 
Being desirous that the greatest degree of publicity 
should be given to every particular relative to the man- 
ner in w hich the Hutch were used to cure their herrings : 
and being aware of the extensive circulation of the Trans- ’ 
* Repertory, No. 122, second series, p. 124. From the Transactions of the Sa- 
tiety for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, 
