eries. Putch Fish-June, at least 2000 fishing vessels in his time resorted. On the 24th they put to sea, being prohibited till that day under a severe penalty, as the herrings are before that not thought fit for salting. Each of these vessels, on that day, directs its course to find out the shoal of herrings. When they have loaded their busses, they return to Holland, and leave their cargo, which is immediately repacked and sent to the Baltic and other parts of the world. As soon as the busses furnished themselves with victuals, casks, and salt, they revisited the shoal they had left, and filled again as quickly as possible, returned to Holland and unloaded. This they generally did three times in the season; and during that period, on the most moderate computation, each buss took 100 casts of herring, which being valued at L.10 the last, amounted to L.1000. for each vessel. The fishing fleet was often attended by certain vessels, called yaugers, that carried, salt, casks, and victuals, to barter with the busses for their herrings, which they carried directly to the Baltic. British fishery. The Dutch fishery has been brought to a close in consequence of the conquest of Holland by the French, and of that country being thereby involved in the war between Britain and France. Great efforts have also been made to direct the industry of our countrymen into this channel, and not without success. We have already remarked, that in the Shetland isles every proprietor of lands is now engaged in the fishing trade. English companies send vessels. to the Pentland Frith and the Orkney isles, and their vessels convey powdered cod regularly to the London market. On all the coasts, both on the east and the west, the shoals of herrings are zealously pursued, every season, by great numbers of vessels or busses, from all the towns, and even villages, in the vicinity of the Frith of Clyde |