Note 325a — Chapter XXVIII · PAST AND PRESENT PASTIMES.

The sale is by “Dutch Auction,”—doubtless introduced by the Flemings,—the salesman offering his several lots at whatever price he chooses, reducing it till a buyer says “have ’em,” when the name of the purchaser, and the price, are entered in the salesman’s book, and the fish are immediately transferred, but the payment is made after the business of selling is over. No sales are allowed to take place before six o’clock in the morning, when the market is opened by the ringing of a bell.