Newfoundland mode, in such a manner that
it may obtain the proper appearance, and
keep well. The neck, and every thing about
the neck, must likewise be cut away, before
it receives the last day’s drying. The dried
flsh must be well worked and thoroughly
dried, and not mouldy, rotten, slimy, or
maggotty. The neck must be cut off when
it is half dried, or at least before it is received
and weighed. The fresh cod-roe
must be delivered immediately on its being
taken out of the fish* the breeches must be
whole, and the roe of a red color, firm, and
not spawning. The oil must be clear and
clean, and leave no sediment.
§ VI.
Rules for land And likewise all such goods as
are produced by farming and its
s ta b le use. different branches, which are sold
by the Icelanders, must in general be clean,
warrantable, and well worked; whereas, with
regard to particulars, the directions contained
in the second chapter, § 14, must be
attended to. But, as such goods may partly
be employed to much better advantage in
trade than could hitherto be done, undeF
the influence of a chartered company, such
of the inhabitants of the country, as are
willing to apply themselves to better modes
of cure, may expect to receive some or
other suitable encouragement, according to
circumstances; and more especially if the
plans are of such extent, th a t«they may
produce a visible effect in the trade. The
same will take place with respect to farming
and agriculture, both in general, and also
in particular, in so far as any one may put
himself forward by considerable or important
experiments in gardening, planting of woods,
growth of corn, potatoes, and other herbs
and roots, or by the proper cultivation of
several kinds of Icelandic herbs, useful for
food; all according to circumstances, and
statement thereon to be made by the magistracy
to our treasury, and also partly according
to our resolutions hitherto passed on
such matters.
§VII.
Ordinance for Concerning the catching of
tfonPoTthea* birds, and the use to be made
eider-duck. thereof, according to law, the same
usage shall continue as hitherto has been the