104 FISH. 



they were so plentiful that barges containing 

 from one thousand to fifteen hundred bushels 

 each, at sixpence per bushel, were sent up the 

 Medway for the hop grounds. 



THE COMMON COD, OR KEELING. 



Morrhua vulgaris, Cuvier and others. 

 Gadus morrhua, Jenyns. 



It seems to have been a provision of the 

 Creator that this splendid and most useful fish 

 should be distributed over the seas of the northern 

 hemisphere, from Iceland to Gibraltar, in posi- 

 tions easily reached by the industrious and bold 

 fishermen of the European coast, but it is not 

 found in the Mediterranean. As an article of 

 food the cod is perhaps the most important of all 

 fish brought to our markets, and, as is well 

 known, a vast fishery is carried on off the coast 

 of Newfoundland, in which a very large amount 

 of capital is invested. The cod is taken all round 

 the coasts of this country, amongst the islands of 

 Scotland, and in all parts of the Irish seaboard. 



