CHAPTER XII. 



FT1HE Torn-Cod, sometimes also called the Frost-fish 

 ** (Gadus tom-codus), the Petite Morue Fraiche, 

 Tacaud, and Gode Mollet of the French-Canadians, is 

 peculiar I believe to North America. It is best known 

 in the Lower St. Lawrence, along the shores of the Gulf, 

 in the Bay of Chaleurs, and on the coast of Gaspe, 

 especially at the mouths of the rivers and barachois. 



These fish make their annual appearance in the 

 above waters, in autumn and early winter, at which time 

 they leave the sea for the purpose of spawning, and are 

 taken for some distance up the St. Lawrence in great 

 abundance during December and January. In the lower 

 part of the Eastern Province they are taken with lines 

 and nets, and also in boxes made for the purpose. This 

 last named apparatus is used with much success at 

 Champlain and the neighbouring parishes on the north 

 shore, where the fish are not unfrequently used for 

 feeding cattle. 



At Montreal and Quebec they afford a very favourite 



