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and honoured with a specific name, Gadus callarias, L., and 

 known as the Baltic Cod, more recent authors have been induced 

 to consider it only a variety of the Common Cod ; and as it is a 

 northern form, its occurrence on this coast as a straggler is 

 highly probable, and requires to be noted. 



The Codfish is noted for its rapacity. Dr. Gr. Johnston nar- 

 rates that a fisherman, on whose word he could rely, told him 

 that he once caught a Codfish with a hare in its stomach ; and 

 in the stomach of another he found a white turnip. When_ on 

 a dredging excursion on the inner edge of the Dogger Bank, in 

 August, 1851, with Mr. Mc Andrew, one evening we lay to, to 

 allow the men to fish for Cod. A great many were taken with 

 the hand-lines in a short time, cold potatoes and other things 

 being used for bait. Many of the fishes were split open by the 

 men, and the backbone taken out, preparatory to drying the fish. 

 I noticed the long backbone of one that was thrown overboard, 

 as it was the last fish caught. "We then sailed about six or 

 seven miles, and began to fish again. Strange to say, the first 

 fish hooked had in its stomach the backbone that had been 

 thrown overboard six miles from the place where this fish was 

 caught. But though a greedy feeder the Codfish does not 

 always prefer "Ket." Hermit Crabs, Cuttlefish and that of 

 great size, and many other dainties are its habitual food. I 

 have seen the pen of a Cuttlefish nearly two feet long taken out 

 of the stomach of a large Cod. R. 



Gadus aegleflnus (Willughby), Linn. Haddock. 



Morrhua ceglefinus, Linn. Yarr., Brit. Fish., Vol. 2, p. 233. 

 „ ,, ,, Couch, Brit. Fish., Yol. 3, p. 62. 



pi. 136. 



"Taken in such abundance as to furnish all tables, and to 

 reward the toil of the hardy fishermen." — Wallis, 1769. R« 



Gadus luscus (Willughby), Linn. Bib or Whiting Pout. 



Morrhua lusca (Linn.). Yarr., Brit. Fish., Yol. 2, p. 237. 

 ,, ,, ,, Couch, Brit. Fish., Yol. 3, p. 70, 



at * -o P 1 - 138- 



JNot uncommon. R. * 



