BOAB-FJSH. 189 



The membranes of the flexible portions of the fins are light 

 brown : those of the spinous portions are much darker. 



A large portion of the Dorees supplied to the London 

 fish-market are brought by land-carriage from Plymouth, and 

 some other parts of the Devonshire coast. Being a ground 

 fish,* they are little or none the worse for keeping till the 

 second or third day. Montagu, disliking the toughness of 

 a fresh-caught Dory, says, they are most palatable after 

 keeping two days. Fish for the supply of the London 

 market was not brought by land-carriage until the year 1761. 

 Steam-boats seem likely to effect another change. In the 

 summer of 1834, a cargo of Salmon from Scotland was de- 

 posited in the London market within forty hours. 



* See page 26. 



