262 LING COD FISH. Class IV. 



14, Ling. Ling, Lingfische. Belon, 130. Gadus Molva. Lin. syst. 439- 



Gesner pise. 95. Gm. Lin. 1170. 



Molva major. Charleton ex. Fmm. Groenl. 148. 



pise. 3. Langa. Faun. Suec. No. 313. 



Asellus longus, eine Lenge. Le Lingue. Duhamel Tr. des 



Schonevelde, 18. Pesches. ii. 145. tab. 25. 



Ling. Wil. Ichth. 175. Ruii Jig. 1. 



syn. pise. 56. Le Lingue. Block ichth. ii. 



Gadus dorso dipterygio, ore 155. tab. 6q. 



serrato, maxilla superiore LeGadeMolve. DelaCepede 



longiore. Arted. synon. 36. Hist, des Poissons. ii. 432. 



JL HE ling takes its name from its length, being 

 corrupted from the word long. It abounds 

 about the Scilly Isles, on the coasts of Scarbo- 

 rough, and those of Scotland and Ireland, and 

 forms a considerable article of commerce.* In 

 the Yorkshire seas they are in perfection from 

 the beginning of February to the beginning of 

 May, and some till the end of that month. In 

 June they spawn, depositing their eggs in the 

 soft oozy ground of the mouth of the Tees : at 

 that time the males separate from the females, 

 and resort to some rocky ground near Flambo- 

 rough Head, where the fishermen take great 



* This branch of trade was considerable so long ago as the reign 

 of Edward III. an act for regulating the price of Lob, Ling, and 

 Cod, being made in his 31st year. 



