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Brunswick are names synonymous with cod, 

 millions of which lie in tiers on the fog-haunted 

 " Banks." The bait for them is caplin, or capellan, 

 a tasty little fish found in enormous quantities, 

 which, when dried and tied up in bundles, are sent 

 from Nova Scotia in myriads. 



Around lonely Rockall Island, the peak of a 

 submerged mountain in the North Atlantic, three 

 hundred miles from Scotland, where not long ago 

 there was a distressing shipwreck, fish gather 

 together in such prodigious quantities that British 

 fishermen find it worth while to sail there, and 

 always bring back overflowing cargoes. 



The Mediterranean and the Bay of Biscay 

 retain their ancient fame for tunny, anchovies, 

 sardines, and mackerel. The Bay of Biscay has 

 of late yielded excellent soles for the London 

 market. 



To British fisheries in the Channel, off the Irish 

 coasts, and on the Dogger Bank, it is hardly 

 necessary to refer in this chapter. The people 

 of the Shetlands and the Orkney Island subsist 

 greatly upon the fish caught in their stormy waters, 

 but prefer them in too " high " a condition for our 

 tastes. 



Lastly, in European Russia, the production and 

 consumption of fish are very great. The delicate 



