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When in and out of season Whiting. 



the coast as soon as they are out of season, and 

 leave behind them great plenty of small ones : 

 the former are supposed to visit the coasts of 

 Hamburgh and Jutland during the summer. 



Haddocks seldom grow to any great size ; they 

 very rarely become so large as to weigh twelve 

 or fourteen pounds ; and they are esteemed more 

 delicate eating when, they do not exceed three 

 pounds in weight. 



These fish, during stormy weather, are said to 

 take shelter in the sand or mud, or among the 

 sea-weeds. They feed on various small marine 

 animals, and frequently become fat on herrings. 

 The females deposit their spawn on the sea-weeds 

 near the shore. 



The larger ones begin to be in roe in Novem- 

 ber, and continue so for somewhat more than 

 two months : from this time till May they are 

 reckoned out of season, and are not good. They 

 then begin to recover. The small ones are ex- 

 tremely good from May till February; and those 

 that are not old enough to breed, for even two 

 months afterwards. 



The whiting is another species of the cod, but 

 without a beard. 



THE L04CII 



IS a slimy fish, without scales, and of rather a 

 long make; the mouth is small, placed beneath, 



