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 476 THE TUNNIES. 



single female. Tht youn- are of quick growth, hut are 

 believed to be incapable of breeding until they ha\e 

 attained a length of ten inches; for in fish of less si/.o 

 the milt and roe are not found to be matured. In S\\rden, 

 as in England, the "Mackerel is highly esteemed for culinary 

 purposes, and is eaten either fresh, boiled in salt water, 

 salted, or smoked. The taste is very delicious, and comes 

 nearer to that of the Salmon than any other fish. 



The Spanish Mackerel (S. Colias, Gmel.) lias as yet 

 not been identified in these seas, although it is thought 

 probable it may have been overlooked. 



The Common Tunny I M,il,-r'tll-Sh"i,'j< ,* Thon-fr'isk, Sw. ; 

 M<ikr<'l-St<">rj<>, S/>rh/</c/\ Norw. ; Sroiii/x',- '/'/,//////>/*, I/inn. ; 

 Tliim Hi's rufffin-i", Cuv.), which claims the Mediterranean 

 as its proper habitat, is somewhat rare in the Holms 

 Skiirgiird, and elsewhere on the western coast of Sweden; 

 but on that of Norway it would seem to be more common. 

 Strom, indeed, relates that in the district of Sondmor 

 (about lat. 62), into the fjords of which the Tunny drives 

 the herrings in the summer, a single man is in the habit 

 of killins from ten to fifteen in the course of the season. 







The highest northern ran-e of this species would seem to 

 he lat. (ii, or perhaps somewhat higher. It is also occa- 

 sionally met within the more southern parts of th - Haltic. 

 The Tunnies captured in the Scandinavian seas have 

 mostly been pretty large, varying in length from eight to 

 ten feet; hut in more genial climes it measures, we are 

 told, fifteen feet, and weighs as much as 1>(M) pounds. 



A new species of'Tumiy as stated in the Proceedings 

 of the lto\al Academy of Science-. Stockholm, 1SC3 



* The word Stfirje, or .S'Wrr* (implying lrf .ppliiil in tlii- ;m<\ 



* > other Norwegian fbhec, "^piir.! i Siimli-viill. nuly 



t,, l,i< u-.-'l as MM iiililitinii li> niintlii-r name, uinl (<> it spcrii-^ imt nltm nn-t 



\\llll, tn ]i|-i-Vi-lil tin- tWii tVnlll ^iiilli; liy nlli' illld till' ^llnr a|i|M>l1llt i'll. 



