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beards on the upper jaw are four, viz. two at 

 the very end of the nose, and two a little above 

 them; on the end of the lower jaw is a single 

 one. These fish are of a deep olive brown, 

 their belly whitish. They grow to the same 

 size as the former. 



The Cornish fishermen are said to whistle, 

 and make use of the words Bod, Bod, wean, 

 when they are desirous of taking this fish, as if 

 by that they facilitated the capture. In the 

 same manner the Sicilian fishermen repeat their 

 Mamassu di pqjanu, &c. when they are in pur- 

 suit of the Sword Fish.* 



* # * # With one dorsal fin. 



Gadus Broome. G. ore cirro- Barry s Hist, of Orkney Isles, 18. Torsk. 



so, cauda ovata. Gm. Lin. 2Q2. 



1175. Eller Torsk. Strom Sondmoer, 



Faun. Groenl. UQ. 272. tab. 1. /. lg. 



Mull. prod. Zool. dan. 41. LaBlennie Torsk. De la Ce- 



Ascan. icon. rer. nat. 17. pede Hist, des Poissons, ii. 



Pontopp. Norway, ii. 110. 510. 



A HIS fish has been hitherto supposed to be 

 of the section of this genus, which has three 

 dorsal fins. The species known in Sweden by 



* Vide p. 218. 





