MIGRATIONS. 1 1 1 



hatched produce a superabundant supply. They 

 are deposited in the inequalities of the bottom 

 amongst the stones. 



The Haddock 1 is another species belonging to 

 this genus, which frequents our coast in great 

 numbers in mid-winter ; they are stated some- 

 times to form a bank twenty-four miles long by 

 three broad. They pursue and devour the her- 

 rings, and are themselves in their turn devoured 

 by Sharks, which follow their shoals. 



The next tribe of migratory fishes is one 

 which supplies our tables with a very acceptable 

 successor, when the cod-fish is out of season, 

 and which at last usually becomes so plentiful 

 and cheap as to form a part of the poor man's bill 

 of fare, as well as of that of his rich neighbour. 

 Every one will see that I here allude to the 

 MacJcareL* This is one of the thoracic fishes, or 

 those whose ventral fins are situated below the 

 pectoral. It is very widely dispersed, being 

 found in the Arctic, Antarctic, and Mediter- 

 ranean Seas, as well as in the Atlantic Ocean. 

 It hybernates in the seas first mentioned, where 

 it is stated to select certain depths of the sea 

 called by the natives Barachouas, which are so 

 land-locked, 'that the water is as calm at all 

 times, as in the most sheltered pools ; the depth 

 of these asylums diminishes in proportion to the 



1 Gadus (Egeljiitus. ~ Scomber Scombrus. 



