246 MALACOPTERYGII. — CLUPEAD^. 
250,000/. The fresh Herrings that are consumed 
in the metropolis are chiefly from the shores of 
Kent and Sussex. 
YARMOUTH JETTY, IN THE HERRING FISHERY. 
The Herring appears on our shores in the mid- 
dle of summer, but seems to approach the coast 
of Scotland earlier; for in Sutherland the flshery 
commences in June, and in Cromarty even so 
early as May, while the Yarmouth season rarely 
begins till September. They are taken chiefly by 
means of drift-nets, described in our account of 
the Mackerel, and by far the majority are cured; 
in the first part of the season, however, they are 
