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Uses. Oil is obtained from the liver off Scandinavia, 

 where the " sey," or young pollack, gives about 26^ gallons 

 each 200 fish. Fishermen in Cornwall frequently salt and 

 dry this fish for home consumption. 



Habitat. From the northern seas, extending along the 

 coasts of Norway to the German Ocean and European 

 shores of the Atlantic, becoming rare in the Mediterranean. 

 Although frequently met with in the Orkneys and Zet- 

 ind, it is not so common as most of the cod family. At 

 Janff frequent ; St. Andrews, occasionally from the deep 

 iter ; Firth of Forth, rare ; in Yorkshire it is resident and 

 >mmon. At Lossiemouth examples are often taken 

 luring the summer and autumn months, especially among 

 le coal-fish and in rocky localities. In fact, it is found on 

 lost of our rocky coasts, but most abundant along the 

 south or south-west shores and bays, being numerous off 

 Devonshire and Cornwall. 



In Ireland it is common around the coast. 

 It is generally seen up to 6 or 7 Ibs. weight ; one has 

 been recorded by Thompson of 12 Ibs. from Belfast, while 

 Couch asserts that his specimen weighed 24 Ibs. 



GENUS II. Merluccius, Cuvier. 



Geographical distribution. Northern hemispheres on 

 both sides of the Atlantic ; also on the southern portion 

 of the west coast of South America to New Zealand. 



I. Hake {Merluccius vulgar is). 



Names. The hake, said to be sold in London as Cornish 

 salmon, Cegddu, Welsh. It has also been termed herring- 

 hake; merluce, or sea-luce, or sea-pike. 



Hakes-teeth have been recorded as present in various 



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