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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

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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 with 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 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

Identifier: | JB/106/036/003"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 106.
Date_1	1800-08	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	106	Main Headings	frigidarium
Folio number	036	Info in main headings field	frigidarium august 1800 no 2
Image	003	Titles
Category	collectanea	Number of Pages	2
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering
Penner	fr1	Watermarks	1798 am
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1798
Notes public		ID Number	34624
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