An essay towards a natural history of the herring : Containing the description, names, anatomy, progress, method of catching and cure, use as food, and medicine (with receipts for divers methods of dressing and preparation) of that valuable and useful animal. With an account of the methods used to bring the fishery to its present improving height, with their rules, and a consideration on the peculiar advantages of this fishery to the British nation. By James Solas Dodd, surgeon.