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Till-; CAI'I.I.IN. 



MttUittHM VUlotUS — Ci'VIRK. 



Of this hciuitiriil little li>li, winch iiih:il)it> the lioithcni 

 seas oiilv, iicviM" romiii;,' hirthfr south than the shores of 

 Nova Scotia and New I >iuus\s iek, 1 am iiiiahle to oiler any 

 representation to my n-aders, ne\er having; seen a specimen or 

 en^'mvinj:. 



He is very nearly ailiitl to tlie Smelts, from which he difTers 

 principally in the snuilhu-ss of his teeth. 



He is stntetl in Mr. I'erley's report on the risherics of the 

 (Jnlf of St. Lawrence, to he "from fonr to seven inches in 

 len^^h, the nnder jaw lonfjcr tlian the npper, the colour of thi" 

 hack frrccnish, the nnder surface of the hody silvery. They 

 usually appear ahout Miscou and in the Bay of Chaleurs early in 

 .May; hut sometimes not until nearly the end of that month. 

 The Cod fishery does not commence until the arrival of the 

 Cnpelin, which continues near the shores until tlu" end of .Inly." 



Mr. I'erley proceeds to state that, in consc(|ueiu'e of the 

 '■ wanton destruction of the proper food of the Cod, — llerrin;^ 

 and CajMlin, — which art taken in immense quantities, not lor 

 immediate eatitii:, or for eurint;, or ft»r hait, hut for manurin^r 

 the pround," tin- Co<l fishery is utterly decliuin;:, the fisheries 

 {;oinp to w.isfe, and the cstahlishments dcscrtetl and ^oiii-; 

 to ruin 



" In a reprc"»entati<M>," In* ad«ls, " made to the Canadian 

 lc|;i!»lature hy a fisherman of (fiupr, it is .stated that this fi.Hher 



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