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twenty-eight ; one particular season to no less than six 

 thousand ; but he does not specify their weight. The sik 

 is for the most part captured in nets ; occasionally it is 

 taken on night-lines, &c , but it seldom, I believe, touches 

 the bait of the angler. In no single instance did we catch 

 this fish when spinning for trout. 



THE BURBOT. 



Gadus Lota, Linn., " Retzius, Faun. Suec.," p. 322. 



"Nilss. Prod.," p. 47- 



"Ekstrom,"p. 235. 



Lota Molva, Cuv., "Kroyer," vol. n, p. 153. 



The Burbot (Lake, Sw. ; Lota vulgaris, Cuv.) is very 

 abundant both in the Wenern and the Gotha. It is also 

 found throughout nearly the whole of Scandinavia, from 

 Scania northward to far beyond the Polar Circle. According 

 to Kroyer, indeed, it is met with in the mountain lakes close 

 to Alten, which is near to the North Cape itself. Of parts 

 of the eastern Skargard, where the water is less salt, it is like- 

 wise an inhabitant. In Denmark it is scarce. Kroyer makes 

 mention of a burbot exhibited for money in Copenhagen 

 no later than 1838. The advertisement ran thus: " By the 

 royal permission is now to be seen a living and rare fish, 

 called in Sweden, Lake," &c. According to the Swedish 



