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Fuberies. lines, find the baited hooks stuck in the stomachs of the 
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ery. 
fish, or the fish exhausted struggling, or dead, or 
por barack mere venom fe in thio condihieitere 
what they call fresh cod, fresh turbot, and other kinds of 
fish caught by the line and hook, offered to sale in our 
markets, Let us now observe the modes that the Eng- 
lish and nen are tbs ent of their 
Mg 
alwa bobbing, that is 
pa gn, sae Pm 
arm, by which means, as in angling, the line and hook 
are in continual motion ; and, ling the fish the mo~- 
ment he bites, they instantly haul him ap. They are 
therefore all caught by the lip or mouth, which saves a 
great deal of time, as the Ghia t4ncesiiettyan- 
abled to renew the bait, not having to extricate the 
poe Se Rw or stomach ; besides, they 
are al en alive, without being torn or mangled, a 
consideration of no small im e 
In this manner, on the and uncomfortable banks 
of Newfoundland, each expert fisherman, although he 
can take butone at a time, will catch from two to three 
handred of their heavy fish ina.day. This is the most 
valuable cod-fishery in the world, and may be now said 
to belong entirely to Great Britain. The island is si- 
tuated between Lat. 46° 45’ and 51° 40’ North, and be- 
tween Long. 52°31’ and 59° 40’ West. The 
bank is about 70 miles from it, and is 400 miles i 
as the 
sandy ground; on the contrary, 
i 
fl 
£ 
i 
don, es from 12 to 20 tons bur- 
rigged in England 
the fisheries along the shores of Newfoundland, Nova 
Scotia, and the i ‘Breton, a great part of 
heer, signifying an army, 
i the “greccebinh ie 
coasts. 
FISHERIES. 
_ 
ward, and Cape St Mary on the east. When a vessel ries. 
has taken her station on this or any other bay, she is = rig 
immediately unrigged, leaving only the shrouds to sus- Hering” 
tain the masts. eet — 
The livers of the whole genus Gadus, yield a well- 
flavoured oil. The zounds and tongues of the cod are 
suspect the account is some i 
Britain, and the United States, at the lowest computa- 
tion, annually em 8000 sail of small craft in this’ 
; on board of which, and on shore to cure and: 
pack the fish, are upwards of 100,000 hands.” In our 
article Encranp, Vol. IX. p. 14. we have lied: 
an account of the quantity of fish caught, and ofthe 
number of vessels, &c. employed in the Newfoundland 
fis in different years. ‘ whe 
- Of late years, the English have sent a number of welled 
choy tivia chy deep weet; asbeatong eonvathor ae 
in water, currents, r 
oer pee 
adj n tion is ; 
have been extremely successful; and although at °F 
in small boats up to London. -©) |» Pi wlinragy Boros 
The name herring is derived from the German word ‘ 
as expressive of the numbers ding Sceospel 
annually appear upon the “- 
northern i Ce hol 
Our common herring is from 7 to 12 inches $ 
lines are small, and not easily perceived ; the under 
jaw is a little longer than the upper’ on 
; the 
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sists of seventeen, the ventral of nine, oral 
seventeen, the anal fourteen, and chns-auth ack wie 
ios He dies instantly when taken out of 
water. ghee ais 6» 18 a oh 
This is the Clupea harengus of Linneus, Rondele- 
tius, Gesner, Willoughby, and Ray. The Halec of the 
eres: 
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é 
: 
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: 
t 
of herri Clupea alosa,) is the only one of the'genus 
Scene eaten ron ton in B Britain is only 
_ to be found in the Thames and Severn; where it is 
“the mont of November, December Jeary she 
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