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great multitudes, it is true, congregate together, 

 but they seem not to obey any common laws of 

 motion, shifting their places in great shoals, but 

 rather each obeying the impulse of his own inde- 

 pendent will, attracted by the abundance of food, 

 or other causes. From these circumstances, the 



depth of its level, and its isolation, — the Cod is 

 not much taken with nets, but principally with 

 the hook and line. • 



There are two modes of capturing the Cod 

 with the hook ; the one is with what are called in 

 Cornwall bulters, which are long lines, to which 

 are attached, at regular distances, other lines six 

 feet in length, each bearing a hook ; the intervals 

 are twice the length of the small lines, to prevent 



