198 CONGER EEL. Class IV. 



bushel. They are dressed, and reckoned very 

 delicate. 



Congers are extremely voracious, preying on 

 other fish, and on crabs at the time they have 

 lost their shell, and are in a soft state. They 

 and eels in general are also particularly fond of 

 carcasses of any kind, being frequently found 

 lodged in such that are accidentally taken up. 



These fishes are an article of commerce 

 in Cornwall; numbers are taken on that coast, 

 and exported to Spain and Portugal, parti- 

 cularly to Barcelona. The quantities that 

 were sent from Mount's Bay for five years, 

 were as follow : 





Cwt. 



qr. 



lb. 



1756 



46 







13 



1757 



164 







21 



1758 



164 



1 



3 



1759 



213 







3 



1760 



71 



3 







Captuke. Some are taken by a single hook and line, 

 but (because that method is tedious, and does 

 not answer the expence of time and labour) they 

 are chiefly caught by Butters, which are strong 

 lines five hundred feet long, with sixty hooks, 



