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246 250,000l. The fresh Herrings that are consumed in the metropolis are chiefly from the shores of Kent and Sussex.

The Herring appears on our shores in the middle of summer, but seems to approach the coast of Scotland earlier; for in Sutherland the fishery 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