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that there was formerly a vast stationary fishery of 

 the Hake on the Nymph Bank off the coast of 

 TVaterjord) immense quantities appearing there 

 twice a year ; the first shoal coming in June, during 

 the Mackrel season, and the other in September, at 

 the beginning of the Herring season ; probably in 

 pursuit of those fish : it was no unusual thing for 

 six men with hooks and lines to take a thousand 

 Hake in one night, besides a considerable quantity 

 of other fish. 



At present, as we are informed by Dr. Bloch, 

 one of the greatest Hake-fisheries is carried on about 

 the coasts of Britany, both by the hook and net. 

 It is carried on chiefly by night, in boats properly 

 manned for the purpose : the principal baits for 

 such as are taken by the line are launces^ sardines, 

 and other small fishes. 



LING. 



Gadus Molva. G. cinereus, subtus albus, maxilla superiore 



longiore, cauda fascia fusca. 

 Cinereous Gadus, white beneath, with the upper jaw longer 



than the lower, and tail crossed by a dusky bar. 

 Gadus Molva. G. dipterygius cirratus, maxilla superiors longiore. 



Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 43p. Block, t. 69. 

 Ling. Penn. Brit. Zool. 3. 



THE Ling (says Mr. Pennant) takes its name 

 from its length, being corrupted from the word 

 long : the body is very slender ; the head flat - y the 



