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gaffed them out. At times the Cod would seize the cuddies on 

 our line and shake them as a dog does a rat, and more than one 

 cuddy bore the marks of their teeth when taken in. 



Gadus aeglefinus, L. Haddock. 



Abundant, and they here run to a larger size than those of the 

 Moray Firth, though the flavour does not appear to be so fine. 

 They not unfrequently weigh as much as 6 or 7 Ibs., and we 

 have caught them just outside Kousay of quite that weight. 



Gadus merlangus, L. Whiting. 



Low considered the Whiting a rare fish in his time, and thought 

 that, being a delicate fish, it could not bear the strong winter 

 seas : he adds the curious remark that when Haddocks are 

 abundant so are the Whitings. 



Mr. Moodie-Heddle remarks that Whitings occur at Scapa, 

 but are rarer than the Haddocks. 



Gadus minutus, L. Power. 



Two specimens were obtained at Kirkwall in August 1851 (W. 

 Baikie). 



Gadus pollachius, L. Pollack. 



Ore. = Lythe. 



Common, especially along the rocky shores of the Pentland Firth, 

 but our own experience is that it is not so abundant as in the 

 steep-sided and rocky bays of other parts of Scotland. Lythe 

 only come near the shore during the warm weather, from June 

 or July, leaving again about September. 



Gadus virens, L. Coal Fish. 



Sillock : Piltak : Cuddy : Saithe : Grey-fish. 



Abundant everywhere in one or other of these stages. Mr. 

 Moodie-Heddle says they take the above names according to 

 age,, and he gives a year to each name. 



Mr. Irvine-Fortescue sends us the following notes on this 

 fish : " The young appear along the shores about June. As 



