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    Article ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS OF LORD CHESTERFIELD. ← Page 4 of 4
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Essay On The Writings Of Lord Chesterfield.

preacher ) are adulation to those we despise , courtesy to those we hate , connections without friendship , professions without meaning , good humour without benevolence , good manners without morals , appearances saved , and realities , sacrificed ! ' From these enlightening maxims may God preserve us and our children . W-,

An Account Of The Fisheries Of The River Ban, In Ireland.

AN ACCOUNT OF THE FISHERIES OF THE RIVER BAN , IN IRELAND .

HFHE river Ran , so celebrated for its salmon fishery , takes its risfc ¦ ^ in Lough Neagh , ( the greatest lake , that of Ladoga , near Petersburg !] , ¦ excepted , in Europe ) whence , after a N . N . E . course of about twenty-five miles , in which it divides the counties of Antrim and Londonderry , it falls into the sea , four miles below Colenune ; from which town , to its mouth , it is navigable , though with much

difficulty , on account of its rapid current ; but what nature has denied in the facility of its navigation , is fully compensated by the abundance offish that frequent its waters , particularly eel and salmon . The salmon begin to enter the river from the sea , as indeed is the .. case in almost every other salmon river in Ireland , early in January , , in great numbers , and continue their ascent until Midsummer , when , after depositing their spawn in the several shallow brooks and rivulets that run into the Ban , they return to the ocean , followed in due time by myriads of their offspring .

The eels , on the contrar }' , go to the sea to spawn ; and periodically return to the river , accompanied by their countless progeny ; to facilitate whose access , at the rapid falls of the river , the country people hang straw ropes in the water . When the season for the return of the eels , arrives many of them weigh from seven to ten pounds . The eel fisheries of this river are rented at one thousand pounds a year ; and the salmon and eel fisheries together produce ail annual

revenue to the London Companies , Lord Donegal , & c . of six thousand pounds . The production of so great a revenue from these fisheries of the river Ban will not appear strange , when the amazing fecundity of the fish is considered : in the year 1779 there were four hundred tons of salmon taken , two bunded of which were disposed of fresh on the spot , at from one penny to three halfpence per pound ;

the remainder salted for exportation , arid sold at from 181 . to 20 J . per ton . It is remarkable , that though all the great rivers in Ireland abound with salmon , which on the spot are sold at the low rate here mentioned , yet in the city of Dublin a pound of pickled salmon cannot be had under sixteen or eighteen pence ; while in London the best Newcastle pickled salmon is to be had at six pence per pound : .. a circum-i stance surel y not very creditable to Irish industry .

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LONDON: Article 3
PREFACE TO VOLUME THE NINTH. Article 5
THE SCIENTIFIC MAGAZINE, AND FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY. Article 7
TEMPERATE REFLECTIONS SUITED TO THE PRESENT TIME. Article 8
AN APOLOGY FOR THE CHARACTER AND CONDUCT OF SHYLOCK. Article 10
MEMOIRS OF CHARLES MACKLIN, Article 15
ACCOUNT OF CADIZ. Article 18
REFERENCES TO THE PLATE. Article 22
MEMOIR OF WILLIAM MASON, A.M. Article 23
VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY. Article 25
HISTORY OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES FOR 1797. Article 26
ADDITIONAL ACCOUNT OF THE GYPSIES. Article 29
ORIGIN OF DRINKING HEALTHS. Article 29
CEREMONIAL OF THE EXECUTION OFRICHARD PARKER, FOR MUTINY. Article 30
A BRIEF SYSTEM OF CONCHOLOGY. Article 34
ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS OF LORD CHESTERFIELD. Article 38
AN ACCOUNT OF THE FISHERIES OF THE RIVER BAN, IN IRELAND. Article 41
THE FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY. Article 42
THE INFLUENCE OF FREEMASONRY ON SOCIETY Article 44
NOTICE OF A MASONIC DESIDERATUM. Article 47
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 48
NOTICE. Article 49
REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. Article 50
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 56
POETRY. Article 58
REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT. Article 62
HOUSE OF COMMONS. Article 63
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 68
DOMESTIC NEWS. Article 71
OBITUARY. Article 78
LIST OF BANKRUPTS. Article 81
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Essay On The Writings Of Lord Chesterfield.

preacher ) are adulation to those we despise , courtesy to those we hate , connections without friendship , professions without meaning , good humour without benevolence , good manners without morals , appearances saved , and realities , sacrificed ! ' From these enlightening maxims may God preserve us and our children . W-,

An Account Of The Fisheries Of The River Ban, In Ireland.

AN ACCOUNT OF THE FISHERIES OF THE RIVER BAN , IN IRELAND .

HFHE river Ran , so celebrated for its salmon fishery , takes its risfc ¦ ^ in Lough Neagh , ( the greatest lake , that of Ladoga , near Petersburg !] , ¦ excepted , in Europe ) whence , after a N . N . E . course of about twenty-five miles , in which it divides the counties of Antrim and Londonderry , it falls into the sea , four miles below Colenune ; from which town , to its mouth , it is navigable , though with much

difficulty , on account of its rapid current ; but what nature has denied in the facility of its navigation , is fully compensated by the abundance offish that frequent its waters , particularly eel and salmon . The salmon begin to enter the river from the sea , as indeed is the .. case in almost every other salmon river in Ireland , early in January , , in great numbers , and continue their ascent until Midsummer , when , after depositing their spawn in the several shallow brooks and rivulets that run into the Ban , they return to the ocean , followed in due time by myriads of their offspring .

The eels , on the contrar }' , go to the sea to spawn ; and periodically return to the river , accompanied by their countless progeny ; to facilitate whose access , at the rapid falls of the river , the country people hang straw ropes in the water . When the season for the return of the eels , arrives many of them weigh from seven to ten pounds . The eel fisheries of this river are rented at one thousand pounds a year ; and the salmon and eel fisheries together produce ail annual

revenue to the London Companies , Lord Donegal , & c . of six thousand pounds . The production of so great a revenue from these fisheries of the river Ban will not appear strange , when the amazing fecundity of the fish is considered : in the year 1779 there were four hundred tons of salmon taken , two bunded of which were disposed of fresh on the spot , at from one penny to three halfpence per pound ;

the remainder salted for exportation , arid sold at from 181 . to 20 J . per ton . It is remarkable , that though all the great rivers in Ireland abound with salmon , which on the spot are sold at the low rate here mentioned , yet in the city of Dublin a pound of pickled salmon cannot be had under sixteen or eighteen pence ; while in London the best Newcastle pickled salmon is to be had at six pence per pound : .. a circum-i stance surel y not very creditable to Irish industry .

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