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soft crab, is rarely thrown in vain. I have heard old 

 fishermen say, that a split Turkey fig was irresistible 

 to his wrasseship ; but of this I cannot speak from 

 experience, never having used it. The hook may be 

 No. 3 or 4, whiting size, with the shank shortened, 

 fastened on double gut or gimp. Hand-lines, mounted 

 with from four to six hooks, may be used, baited as 

 above, and snooded on pieces of prepared line, eight 

 inches long, making use of a stone or any other heavy 

 substance, as a sinker, only taking care that the line 

 and stone should be attached to each other by a piece 

 of small twine, which, in event of the stone getting 

 entangled between pointed rocks, may, by breaking, 

 set the line free. A long naturally-grown stick of 

 any tough wood, with a fork at the end, will be found 

 most useful, both in taking up or throwing out lines 

 of this description. The wrasse spawns in the spring 

 of the year. 



The Cod. 



FAM., Gadidce. 



Few fish are there possessing more interest in a 

 commercial point of view than the. cod, which forms 

 such an important commodity, in its preserved state, 

 for export to foreign countries as well as for home use, 

 the daily consumption of this fish in London alone 

 being enormous. The banks of Newfoundland, the 

 Dogger Bank, &c., have long been known as places of 



