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Click Here To Edit No2. Frigidarium August 1800
There are two
sorts of Newfoundland
fish called wet
and dry, the former
is called Mud fish,
it is that which
is taken as the
Vessels are coming
over & salted in bulk.
From the Report
of the Select Committee
of the House
of Commons. -
Times 1800 Septr
4th-
Examination of
M<hi rend="underline">R</hi> Tho<hi rend="underline">s</hi>..Tyler
Salesman.-
M<hi rend="underline">r</hi>.. Tyler- What
branch of the
Fisheries are you
particularly concerned
in? - In
all, except Salmon.
Are you acquainted
with the Trawling
Fishery? We
catch Thornbacks,
Maids, and other
Flat Fish on the
sands, called the
Brown Bank off
Yarmouth, the
Broad Fourteens,
and Smith's Knowl
where there is a
prodigious quantity
of Fish.
How many
Boats do you
employ?- We
have near forty
sail belonging
to Barking;
which are either
constantly or occasionally
employed
in that Fishery;
they sometimes
being such a
quantity of fish
to Market, that
they cannot be
disposed of; we
have sometimes
sold them as
cheap as one
Shilling a Basket
weighing at least
20 lbs.
Dou you think
that a greater supply
could be brought
from those Banks
if more Boats
were employed? -
yes, certainly, if
more boats were
employed; there is
no danger of exhausting
the Banks;
there are 17 or 18
sail a building.
Are the Fish
caught in the Fishery
good for salting?
None of the Flat
fish are; but if
salt could be procured
we could have a
great quantity of
Haddocks: great
quantities are
thrown away for
want of Salt. At
this season the
Plaice, Maids, &
Haddocks are in
prodigious quantities
all the way
from Loestoff to the
Dutch Coast: Soles
will succeed, and
the latter end
of the year Haddock.
Examination of
Mr..W<hi rend="underline">m</hi>.. Old Salmon
Factor.-
In what manner
are the fresh
fish packed &
conveyed? They
are packed in
boxes, Ice put
on them and
nailed down as
light as possible.
How long will
they keep packed
in that manner?
Till March or
April they will
keep eight or ten
days, unless there
happens to be remarkable
warm
weather; in Summer
they will
keep six days
from the first
packing, unless
it is very hot;
their keeping depends
very much
upon the quantity,
as a large quantity
keeps better than
a small one, the
Ice taking a longer
time to dissolve;
the Ice is first
pounded and freezes
into a solid mass.
The fish are packed
as soon as possible
after being brought
out of the water
sometimes in two
hours, and sometimes
in longer
time.-
Has this mode
of packing been
used ever since
you have known
the Trade? I have
been in the trade
about thirty years,
and my Father
fifty or sixty years
before me, in that
time the mode
has been much
changed; the mode
of packing in Ice
has been only
introduced within
these fourteen or
fifteen years, formerly
they were
packed in Straw.
Has the quantity
of Salmon
brought fresh to
Market much
increased in consequence
of this
discovery?-Considerably;
formerly
we were obliged
to give up the
trade in fresh
fish in the
Month of April;
but now we
carry it on
through the
whole Season:
the Season ends
at different times
in different places;
the Berwick
lasts the longest
and ends 10th
October-
Can you form
any judgement
what proportion
of fish are spoiled?
A very small quantity
and that
in very hot
Weather; Salmon
is not a fish
which spoils
soon; and the
body of the fish
is often good
when the head
is destroyed; when
the fish used to
be packed in
Straw, a great
quantity of fish
was spoiled.
Times Decr19 1800
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