COD, POLLOCK, HADDOCK AND LIAKE. 



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The Alaska Pollock, Fol/acliiiis clialcogrammus (Pallas) J. & (j., is thus 

 described by Prof. Jordan : "This species is known as Pollack to those 

 who have seen the Atlantic species. It is jiossibly identical with the 

 ' Beshow ' of the Makah Indians, the ' Coal-fish ' of the English settlers 

 northward, a deep-water fish noted for its rich, fat flesh. It reaches a 

 length of about two feet. It ranges from Monterey to Behring's Straits. 

 It is taken with hook and line in deep water, and is never plentiful south 

 of Cape Flattery. It feeds upon anchovies and the like. Nothing is 

 known of its breeding habits, enemies or diseases, and, tmless it be the 

 ' Beshow ' above noticed, it is not sufficiently abundant to attract any 

 notice as an article of food. 



THE HADDOCK. 



The Haddock, Melauogrammus (Bglefinus, is found only in the Atlantic. 

 Hadot and Hadou are old French names for the same fish, though the 

 species is now usually known by the name Egrefin. In Scotland the name 

 is said to be pronounced almost in the same w^ay as in France, and is often 

 varied to Haddie. It is the Schellfish of Germany. Concerning this fish 

 many of our fishermen entertain the idea, which with them can 

 hardly be called a superstition, that the black spots upon their side are 

 due to the impression of the thumb and finger of St. Peter when the 

 apostle took the tribute money out of the mouth of a fish supposed to be of 

 this species, the fisherman's mark having been continued among its de- 

 scendants ever since. This notion is prevalent also in England, and in 

 Southern Europe is attached to other fishes, particularly to the John Dory, 

 Zeus fabcr. It is needless to say that no member of this family occurs in 

 the Sea of Galilee. 



