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are taken, are the Dogger-bank, the Well-bank, 

 and the Cromer, all on the eaft fide of the king- 

 dom, oppofitc Norfolk, Lincoln, and Yorkfhire. 

 Of thefe banks the Dogger is the moft extenfive 

 and valuable for white fifh in general, as appears 

 from the following defcription communicated to 

 Thomas Pennant, Efq. by Mr. Travis, furgeon in 

 Scarborough, whofe account of thefe fifheries is 

 both curious and inftructive. 



The neareft part of the Dogger-bank lies 12 

 leagues from Flamborough Head, i6J from Scar- 

 borough, 23 from Whitby, and 36 from Tinmouth 

 below Newcaftle. The north fide cf the bank 

 ftretches off E. N. E. between 30 and 40 leagues, 

 until it almoft joins the Long-bank, and Jutts Riff. 



It is to be remarked, that the fifhermen feldom 

 find any cod, fry, or other round fifh upon the Dog- 

 ger-bank itfelf, but upon the doping edges and hol- 

 lows contiguous to it. The top of the bank is 

 covered with a barren fhifting fand, which affords 

 them no fubfiftence ; and the water on it, from its 

 fhallownefs, is continually fo agitated and broken, 

 as to allow them no time to reft. The flat fifh do 

 not fuffer the fame inconvenience there ; for when 

 diflurbed by the motion of the fea, they flicker them- 

 felves in the fand, and find variety of fuitable food. 

 It is true, the Dutch fifh upon the Dogger-bank ; 

 but it is alfo true, thtry take little except foles, 

 fkates, thornbacks, plaife, &c. It is in the hollows 

 between the Dogger and the Well-bank, that the 

 cod are taken which fupply London market. 



The bottom from the fhore to the edge of the 

 Dogger-bank is a fear; in fome places very rugged, 

 rocky, and cavernous ; in others fmooth, and over- 

 grown with variety of fubmarine plants, mofles, co- 

 rallines, &c.* Some parts again are fpread with 



* I met on the fhores near Scarborough, fcnall fragments cf 

 the true red coral. 



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