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[ 40 ] a few years past, owing to a method of sending great quantities of salmon fresh to London during all the summer season, packed in ice, collected in the winter season, and preserved through the whole summer for that purpose. A general view of the extent of the coasting trade from this port will appear from an average.

"Quantities of Goods shipped, taken on an average for the four preceding Years, viz. 1791, 1792, 1793, and 1794.

"This is a tolerably correct account of the goods generally shipped coastwise, which constitute the principal coast trade of this port outwards, though there are many other articles of merchandize frequently shipped; but they are so multifarious that it is almost impossible to give any statement or classification thereof.