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15. behring's straits. 



Kotzehue Sound. — Herrings are caught in Kotzebue 

 Sound, above Behring's Straits, by the American Esqui- 

 maux, in July, and in Graintley Harbour, long. 174°, lat. 

 65°, in September. (Beechey's Voyages.) 



16. bathurst inlet. 



Captain Franklin states that several herrings were 

 caught in the nets set by his people in Bathurst Inlet, on 

 the 5th August, in lat. 66° 30' N., long. 107° 53' W. A 

 pretty extended description of these herrings was compared 

 with the herrings brought to the London market in Jan- 

 uary, and found to agree exactly ; they appeared to be 

 matjes, the roe or milt having been small. (Franklin's 

 Journey to the Polar Seas, p. 377, and App. p. 717). 



Sandy Bay. — At Sandy Bay they are caught in Oc- 

 tober ; these herrings slightly differ in the teeth and 

 form from those of Europe. 



17. AMERICA.— united STATES. 



Carolina. — In the month of January they come upon 

 the coasts of Carolina, and are said to proceed north- 

 ward. 



Virginia. — They visit the coast of Virginia in February, 

 and all the bays and rivers as far north as the Bay of 

 Fundy ; and they continue spawning till the month of 

 May, and in some places may be caught till July. 

 (American Trans., vol. ii. p. 237). 



