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extends from Newfoundland to Cape Hatteras. Although 

 the haddock is common in Orkney and Zetland it is not so 

 numerous as the cod, nor are they caught in any quantities ; 

 their visit would seem to be short. Taken at Wick, in 

 Banffshire, extensively cured, and they are more numerous 

 along the eastern coasts of Scotland and England (es- 

 pecially from the Tyne to Yarmouth) than along their 

 western ; common along the south coast of England. 



In Ireland it is generally common around the coast, but 

 varies in different localities. Dublin Bay is famous for its 

 haddock, while those of Belfast are highly esteemed. At 

 Portrush, co. Antrim, Ogilby observes that on November 

 a haddock was captured, a great prize, as none had 

 n obtained for the previous ten years, the fish having 

 deserted the ground where they were formerly very 

 numerous. However, on opening it it was found to be 

 diseased and black. 



Respecting the size to which this fish attains, one weigh- 

 ing I of Ib. was landed in February, 1878, at Wick ; another 

 was taken in Dublin Bay which weighed 24^- Ib., and was 

 37 inches in length. The largest haddock mentioned by 

 Yarrell was 16 Ib., from Dublin Bay ; by Couch, 25 Ib. ; and 

 Thompson one of the same size from Groomsport 



3. The Bib (Gadus luscus}. 



Names. Bib, pout, whiting-pout, blens or blinds in Corn- 

 wall ; these last names are doubtless due to a sort of loose 

 bag capable of inflation existing in front of the eye, and 

 formed by an outer layer of fine and transparent skin 

 passing from the cheeks over the eye, and a second layer 

 over the eye-ball, thus forming a sac-like cavity, well desig- 

 nated by the local words bleb or blain, terms for a bubble 



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