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There is likewise a very extensive demand for cured or pickled 

 fish. Mayhew quoted 1,600,000 dried cod and 50,000,000 of 

 red herrings as being, a portion of the London fish-supply. 

 Eels are also a very large item, being set down as nearly 

 10,000,000 per annum ; and as for crabs, prawns, shrimps, 

 sprats, etc., they are required by the ton weight, and are 

 hawked about London in millions ! 



