PISCATORIAL REMINISCENCES 



without some apparent means of profitable em- 

 ployment, especially to such as apply themselves 

 to fishing, which, from the beginning of the year 

 to the latter end, continueth upon some part or 

 other of our coasts ; and these, in such infinite 

 shoals and multitudes of fishes, are offered to the 

 takers. Sir John Boroughs. 



This harvest (says Mr. Barrow) is ripe for 

 gathering at all seasons, without payment of rent 

 and taxes, tillage, manure, &c. &c. it is inexhaus- 

 tible, owing to the extraordinary fecundity of fish 

 of the most valuable kinds. 



THE FECUNDITY OF FISH. 



Although the ova are in most instances propor- 

 tionably smaller than in any other class of animals, 

 the ovaria in many fish are larger than the body. 

 Thus the herring produces from 20,000 to 37,000 ; 

 the carp, upwards of 200,000 ; the tench, 380,000; 

 the' flounder, a million. Med.Ang. in Wales. 



MR. HARMER'S TABLE. 



Weight. Spawn, 



Carp 16 oz 101,200 



Cod 15 Ib ..3,687,760 



Flounder 3 oz 133,407 



Herring 4 oz 32,663 



Lobster 14 oz 7,227 



Mackarel 20 oz 454,961 



