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DEEP-SEA FISHING. 



I iiAKPi.Y lu>ltl myself jiiNtitii'd in enumerating the Cod, 

 llmlduck, Whitiuj;, Halibut, and I'louiuk'r among Game Fishes, 

 l)iit as it is probable that some of my readers do regard them as 

 such, and pursue theui for the pleasure of the capture, indepen- 

 dent of profit, I shall proceed to describe- the first three briefly, 

 and shall devote a few pages in another portion of this work to 

 a consideration of tlie modes and methods of their capture. 



The huge Halibut {Hippof/Zosxua Vuf(/arLi}, and the Flounder 

 \^Phuronectes Deiitatus), I shall content myself with naming, as 

 I cannot bring myself to regard them as fit for any but culinary 

 purposes. In like manner tlie Hake, the Cusk, the Pollock, 

 and many otliers of the Cod family, I shall pass in silence as 

 objects only of casual pursuit, except to the professionjd fisher- 

 man, who plies his daily toil to earn his daily l)read. 



