62 COD FISHERY. 



Some imagine, that the cod-Mi grows fat in thefe 

 boats, wherein they get nourifhment ; but this is 

 not the general opinion, and the men are well 

 pleafed, if they can bring them to their deftination 

 alive ; for it happens fometimes, that many of 

 them die, on the paffage, when the weather is 

 bad. 



The cod-fifli of Dogger's bank is the fame, as 

 that of the great Bank of Newfoundland. It is 

 more white when falted, which is owing to the 

 manner of preparing it, as fhall be fhewn hereafter/ 

 It has always the advantage of being very frelh, 

 newly falted, and much better than that of New- 

 foundland. 



There are fome places on Dogger's bank only 

 twelve or fourteen fathoms deep, which renders 

 the falling there very convenient ; there is but a 

 fmall quantity of fiiih to be found in fuch places, 

 as cod-fifti likes deep water of fixty or eighty fa- 

 thoms. 



They cure green cod (i. e. falted but not dried) 

 on this bank, which we fhall fpeak of, when treat- 

 ing of the filheries on the great Bank of New- 

 foundland. 



Of bottoms , or grounds, and certain circumjlances 

 favourable for fijking. 



The feamen call good bottoms, thofe, where 

 there are rotten rocks, or fhells, as likewife where 



there 



