t U H A D O C K. Class VI. 



go out of feafon, and leave behind great plenty of 

 fmall ones. It is faid that the large ones vifit the 

 coafts of Hamburgh and Jutland in the fummer. 



It is no lefs remarkable than providential, that 

 all kinds of fifh (except mackrel) which frequent 

 the Torkjhire coaft, approach the more, and as if it 

 were offer themfelves to us, generally remaining 

 there as long as they are in high feafon, and retire 

 from us when they become unfit for ufe. 



It is the commoneft fpecies in the London markets. 

 Pescrip. They do not grow to a great bulk, one of four- 

 teen pounds being of an uncommon fize, but thofe 

 are extremely coarfe ; the bed for the table weigh- 

 ing from two to three pounds. 



The body is long, and rather more (lender than 

 thofe of the preceding kinds : the head flopes down 

 to the nofe : the fpace between the hind part of 

 the firft dorfal fin is ridged : on the chin is a fhort 

 beard. 



On the back are three fins refembling thofe of 

 the common cod-fifh. : on each fide beyond the 

 gills is a large black fpot. Superftition afligns 

 this mark to the impreflion St. Peter left with 

 his finder and thumb when he took the tribute out 

 of the mouth of a fiih of this fpecies, which has 

 been continued to the whole race of hadocks ever 

 fince that miracle. 



The lateral line is black : the tail is forked. 

 The color of the upper part of this fpecies is 



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