A seasonable hint for our pilchard and coast fishery  or, a letter of advice to the brine-salt proprietors of Great-Britain and Ireland. Dated 23 April, 1748. By Thomas Lowndes.

Reasons for taking off the present prohibition of curing fish in Scotland, with British salt, for exportation; while the English lie under no such restraint

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A seasonable hint for our pilchard and coast fishery or, a letter of advice to the brine-salt proprietors of Great-Britain and Ireland. Dated 23 April, 1748. By Thomas Lowndes.

Reasons for taking off the present prohibition of curing fish in Scotland, with British salt, for exportation; while the English lie under no such restraint