PACIFIC COD FISHERIES 



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The air bladder of the big Atlantic cod [of a weight of 'M\i pounds and a 

 length of 43^ inches] was of the same length approximately, pouches small, 

 but the horns, which could not be fully straightened out, measured each 10 

 inches in length. In natural position in the fish they are coiled up. 



The small Pacific cod [8 or (9?) pounds and 2S% inches long] was in such 

 bad condition that the air bladder could not be removed intact, but the one 

 horn that could bo found was only 1 inch in length. 



The other Atlantic cod [weights and lengths about the same] had air blad- 

 ders and horns, as follows: Length 9*4, horns 2V> and 3; length 10V>, horns 

 314 and 3% ; length 10 inches, horns 7 and 5% inches. 



It is to be hoped that some one will soon take up the study of 

 the comparison of the sounds from the cod of both oceans, as should 

 the Pacific sound prove to be uniformly smaller than those from 

 the Atlantic cod, it would furnish a distinguishing feature. 



