CHAPTER IV. 



MIGRATION AND DESTRUCTION OF 

 HERRING. 



^ERRINGS sometimes migrate to 

 places with which fishermen would 

 be glad to become acquainted. 

 Fisheries which have been profitable 

 for years have suddenly ceased, and 

 again been abundant, and again 

 ceased. That they should, when they find a given 

 locality deficient in food, seek like others to better 

 their lot in life, is only reasonable ; and it is only 

 reasonable, also, to conclude that their enemies, in- 

 creasing through becoming thoroughly acquainted 

 with their haunts, make their residence too hot for 

 them. Many fishermen believe that every fish that 

 swims, as well as the birds of the air, live off the 

 herring ; and no wonder if they do, seeing what a 

 delicate morsel it is, fit for the palate of kings if un- 

 spoiled by outlandish cookery. Fishermen fishing 

 with long line in the deeper water often take cod-fish 

 with several herrings in them ; dog-fish hunt them 



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