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GADID.E. 



SUBBRACHIAL 

 MALACOPTERYGII. 



GADJD/E. 



THE LING. 



Lota molua, CUVIER, Regne An. t. ii. p. 333. 



Asellus longus, 

 Gadus inotva, 



Motva vulgaris, 

 Lota molva, 



WILLUGHBY, p. 175, L. 2. 



LINN^US. BLOCII, pt. ii. pi. 69. 



Ling, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. iii. p. 262. 



,, DON. Brit. Fish. pi. 102. 



Common Ling, FLEM. Brit. An. p. 192, sp. 82. 

 Ling, JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 448. 



LOTA. Generic Characters. In addition to the elongated body, with two 

 dorsal fins and one anal fin, possessed by the species of Merlncius last described, 

 may be added, chin with one or more barbules. 



THE LING is a very valuable species, scarcely less so than 

 the Coalfish or the Cod. Large quantities are taken among 

 the Western Islands, in the Orkneys, and on the Yorkshire 

 coast ; in Cornwall, and the Scilly Islands ; and may be 

 traced nearly all round the Irish coast. The fishing for them 

 is by hand-lines and long-lines ; and besides a portion that is 

 consumed fresh, the fish are split from head to tail, cleaned, 

 salted in brine, washed, and dried : but the demand generally 

 falls short of the quantity cured, and the hardy fishermen are 

 but poorly requited. The ports of Spain are the markets 

 supplied ; and so valuable an article of commerce was Ling 

 considered formerly, that an act for regulating the price of 



