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whitings' stomachs ; they frequent sandy banks, 

 but frequently shift their feeding grounds. 

 The general size of this fish is about a pound 

 and a half, although they are often many pounds 

 in weight ; their shoals often extend miles in length. 

 It may seem strange that these swarming and 

 comparatively diminutive fish are usually caught 

 with hooks and lines, but not with single ones : the 

 lines are very long and have from 150 to 200 

 hooks each, in fact, spillers, and one vessel will set 

 twenty of these bearing from three to four thou- 

 sand hooks, and thus multitudes are taken with 

 little trouble. 



THE POLLACK. 



Jferlatiffius Tollachius, Cuvier. 

 Gadus Linnaeus. 



The whiting pollack is found on all parts of the 

 British coast, where they are caught quite close 

 to the shore as well as in deep water amongst 

 reefs and eddies. They are very greedy biters?, 



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