204 HISTORY OF SEA-FISHERIES. 



and the remaining two thirds of the whole con- 

 sumption arrives by water up the Thames. Sal- 

 mon comes by Great Northern, cod by water, 

 mackerel by Brighton, herrings by Eastern Coun- 

 ties. During a favorable season, 100,000 mac- 

 kerel are brought to Billingsgate market every 

 week ; those fish which are brought by land to 

 London are sold at a kind of auction on the 

 beach by the fishermen to dealers or owners of 

 carts and vans to hawk about, their success in the 

 speculation depending on being first in a market 

 for consumption. The principal fisheries on the 

 eastern coast of England are in the neighbour- 

 hood of Whitby, Hartlepool, and Robin Hood's 

 Bay, and there is a great demand for these fish in 

 the manufacturing districts. 



The demand for fresh fish in the west of Eng- 

 land is also very great. In the season of 1835 

 12,000,000 of pilchards were sold for home con- 

 sumption, besides a large supply of mackerel, hake, 

 &c., fresh or salted. The fish is distributed through- 

 out the country in carts and on horses ; pilchards 

 are often sold at Is. to Is. 6d., and herrings at 

 2s. per 126 ; cod fish are from Is. to 2s. each ; red 

 mullets 2d. to 6d. each ; turbots 2d. to 6d. per 

 pound ; mackerel 2d. to 3d. each. 



