108 COD FISHERY. 



of the Meufc runs. If they get nourifliment, they 

 will live for a long time, and become more deli- 

 cious, than when firfl taken. This is what is pro- 

 perly called the Cod of the Meufe, although a con- 

 fiderable quantity of frefh cod, of other forts, is 

 fold under the fame name. 



The Dutch take fmall cod-fifh with large nets, 

 which they call Kol, and with fmall ones, called 

 Beug. 



They fell the ftock-fifh, which they buy in 

 northern countries, in two different manners, viz. 

 firfl, without any alteration, and fuch as it comes 

 in the fhips ; fecondly, after having fteeped it for 

 fome days in river water, impregnated with lime. 

 This fort fells dearer than the other, but is thought 

 to be more hard of digeftion, 



Cod-fishing^ with Nets. 



Fifhing with nets was introduced feveral years 

 ago, in the province of Sundmmr, in Norway, on 

 the coaft between Bergen and Drontheim, and is 

 now univerfally praftifed there ; having been 

 found, by experience, to be much more produ&ive 

 than fifhing with hooks. It is gaining ground 

 more and more every day ; fo that hook-fiihing is 

 fcarce in ufe in many parts of Norway, except 

 where fifhing with nets is not pra<ftkable. 



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