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well as the rod, may be used when the pot is 

 the consideration." 



COD, ETC. 



Few people would adopt cod fishing as an 

 amusement ; but in the fall of the year, and the 

 latter end of the summer, cod, whiting, and 

 plaice are to be found at almost any part of the 

 British coast. Off the Doggerbank eight men 

 have captured eighty score of cod in a single 

 day. The great cod fishery is, as everybody 

 knows, on the banks of Newfoundland ; but a 

 good deal of successful work of the same kind 

 is accomplished on our own coasts. A visitor 

 to the coast may, therefore, confidently look 

 for cod, and with care and patience will be sure 

 to find it. Cod, haddock, and whiting are 

 captured by hook and line. 



OYSTER DREDGING. 



Dredging of oysters is carried on by fisher- 

 men from oyster boats in motion. The dredge, 

 of which we give a representation, is an iron 

 frame-work, to which a strong net is affixed. 

 It is let down by a rope, and drawn along the 

 bottom, dislodging and scraping up the oysters 

 from their beds. Mussels are frequently taken 

 with the dredge, in the same manner as the 

 oyster. 



" The herring loves the merry moonlight, 



The mackerel loves the wind; 

 But the oyster loves the dredger's song, 

 For he conies of gentle kind." 



