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fishes congregate under the crevices which separate the ice. 

 The inhabitants of the coasts in the neighbourhood of the 

 Polar circle, take advantage of this instinct by breaking the 

 ice constantly, and thus producing the crevices which answer 

 their purpose. It is thus that the Greenlanders are enabled 

 to catch the haddocks with their hands. 



The seals assemble round those vacancies, whether natural 

 or artificial, to devour the haddocks, during the winter ; and 

 the isatis, or Arctic foxes, equally as cunning as our own, 

 come to agitate the water of these lagoons with their paws, 

 and prey upon the first of these fishes which are attracted by 

 the noise. The large cods also, in those latitudes, prey upon 

 the haddocks. 



Although so much smaller than the cod, the haddock is 

 equally gluttonous and destructive. They feed on serpulae, 

 mollusca, Crustacea, smaller fishes, and more particularly on 

 herrings. 



The haddocks frequent our European coasts during most of 

 the year ; but the large ones are taken only in winter : the 

 small ones usually enter the nets intended for other species of 

 fish, such as herrings. 



The quality of the flesh of the haddock varies according to 

 the places in which these fishes are found, their age, their sex, 

 and the period of the year. It is in general white, firm, very 

 agreeable to the taste, and easily cooked. It is best in May 

 and June. It may be salted, or dried like the cod, but is not 

 so good, when thus prepared, as the latter. 



The Gadas callarias, or Dorse, is seldom more than eleven 

 or twelve inches long, and seldom weighs more than two 

 pounds. It habitually frequents the waters of the Ocean, 

 towards the coasts of northern Europe, and is particularly 

 common in the Baltic Sea. It keeps most generally at the 

 mouths of great rivers, into the head of which it sometimes 



