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ing till the second or third day. Montagu, disliking the 

 toughness of a fresh-caught Dory, says, they are most 

 palatable after keeping two days. Fish for the supply 

 of the London market was not brought by land-carriage 

 until the year 1761. Steam-boats seem likely to effect 

 another change. In the summer of 1834, a cargo of Sal- 

 mon from Scotland was deposited in the London market 

 within forty hours. 



