110 FISH. 



THE HADDOCK. 



Jforrhua ceylefinus, Cuvier. 

 Oadits Linnaeus. 



This most useful fish is quite as well known as 

 the cod, and is very valuable from the vast quan- 

 tity taken all around the coast, and the great ease 

 with which it can be preserved. It is found on 

 all the shores of Great Britain and Ireland, but it 

 is never found either in the Baltic or Mediterra- 

 nean. Haddocks swim in enormous shoals, but 

 are uncertain as to their feeding grounds, chang- 

 ing very often. This may be accounted for by the 

 voracity of the fish and their immense numbers, 

 causing their food to fail them, and thus necessitate 

 this frequent change in their haunts. Haddocks 

 are found in the greatest numbers on the eastern 

 coasts of England, from Norfolk to Northumber- 

 land, where they are taken with hand lines, the 

 bait being pieces of herring or launce. They are 

 continually caught in the trawl net on the southern 

 coast, as they feed near the ground ; they are 

 usually from two to four pounds in weight, but 



