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3,686,760 in one of a middling size, which weighed Fisheries." 
12,540 grains. The flesh is a Al firm, comes off in = 
FISHE 
shreds, &c. constructed in 
Cod fish-- 
the inhabitantsof “7° 
Cod fishery. 
| the mildleof Aprils 
flakes, sores good, and held eo higher estimation. 
in ev of the world, except by 
i rhc that of its congener the haddock, 
(Gadus @glefinus). Various are the names given to it, 
both when fresh or pickled,—cod, keeling, cabillow or 
cabillaud, green fish, Iceland or mud-fish, Aberdeen 
. fish, North Sea.cod, stockfish, barrelled cod, poor John,.. 
- and; throughout Scotland, when dried, hard jish. Their 
young, and those under 20 inches, are called codlings. 
wn with us from February until 
and sooner recover than any, other. 
fish from their shotten state ; for, in a few weeks, after 
having shed their roes and-milts, they appear plump;: 
well coloured, and full about the tail. This species is:. 
infested with a variety of vermes, as the Gordius. 
_ marinus of Linneeus, the Echinorhynchus, the Cucul~ 
lanus marinus, the Fasciola piscium, the Tania ru- 
gosa, all of which are to be found at times in their: 
intestines, and. the Lernea asellina in their gills and 
fins. There is no fish of more general use, and: 
more suitable to all than the cod ; and it is in, 
plenty, and fit for eating, in some or other of the wa- 
ters which encompass our islands, at almost every time, 
of the year. It is to be found on both sides of the 
ther reo aces sosuhich it prefers aewdhe 
er its choice, as the region which it 's in Euro) 
is from 50'to 65 latitude; that-is, from near the Scilly. 
islands to Iceland; and in America, from about 41 to® 
58 latitude ; that is, from about Rhode island to the: 
shores of the Eskimaux. gril ey 
shery, in which we include, of the same ge- 
nus, the ling (Gadus mola ), and tusk or torsk (Gadzs: 
brosme), forms the most extensive fishery of which Bri- 
tain can boast ; for we have not only the range of our) 
own islands in Europe, but the vast banks of New- 
foundland:and the fishing grounds along the shores of 
. Nova Scotia, St John’s, Cape Breton, and in the Gulf: 
of St Lawrence: all of them seas noted for the quan- 
ity of this valuable fish which they afford. 
t was found expedient, by the late act of parlia~ 
ment, to give what was th a liberal encourage- 
ment: to ae Scaeens a burden; in the: 
prosecution sea ing. > but it cer— 
tainly must be allowed to be fully 2s sekendocdyremdindie: 
able to that of the cod. » Herrings lie commonly nearer’ 
the shore; and as they are not so ofter found in the- 
strong rapid currents as the cod, the use of small open: 
boats is i and injudicious for that fishery, un= 
less it be with the view of affording a temporary: 
. supply of fresh fish for the inhabitants of the coast. 
fisheries, indeed, are carried on by the natives of" 
Scotland (with a few exceptions) ini a: awkward 
and slovenly manner. . The common m of taking’ 
cod, ling, haddock, &c. is to\go out only a few miles 
from the shores of their fishing-towns, with a crew con-' 
sisting of four or five’ hands, sometimes one or two of 
them boys, im an i undecked boat, carry- 
ing with a tires of long lines, which they of- 
with. These they drop on the: 
grounds, where they think the fish lie; and, when the’ 
weather is im the smallest boisterous, they leave 
them-attached to neat’s b! all night, and indeed 
frequently for many successive days and nights ; that 
is, until it becomes so-moderate'as'to suit their choice’ 
' and conveniency to return. » They then draw up theixe 
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