330 ANIMAL FOOD EESOURCES OF DIFFERENT NATIONS. 



Kingdom, and preserved salmon to the value of £400 or 

 £500. Six or seven hundred barrels of trout are also 

 sent away to Spain and the United States, and 400 to 

 500 kegs of cod's tongues and sounds, 1,300 barrels &£ 

 mackerel and 700 cwt. of halibut. 



The fishing of salmon in the Dutch rivers is large. In 

 1874, 77,070 fish were caught at Krelingen, a village in 

 the neighbourhood of Kotterdam, which is ^he centre of 

 the trade. There were sold in 1882, 55,07'9 fish. 



In 1877 the produce of the salmon fishery in Norway 

 was 90.5,454 pounds. It is exporjbed almost exclusively 

 to England fresh, preserved in j^. The smoked salmon 

 is equally esteemed ; it is consumed for the most part in 

 Norway, but a certain quantity is exported to Denmark 

 and Germany. The price has gone up considerably ; two 

 years ago a pound of fresh salmon was rarely worth 

 more than 3d. or 4d., while now it brings from 6d. to 7d. 



The prs^ration of salmon in oil commenced in Sweden 

 in 1864, and is carried on for about three months of the 

 y^r. The quantity put up by one firm in 1877 was 

 29,140 boxes or tins, sold at Is. 3d. per box. 



Enormous quantities of salmon are caught in the 

 Petchora, Mezene, Dwina, Onega, Vazoukha and other 

 afiluents of the White Sea. It is rarely ' smoked, but 

 generally salted. The best is that of the Onega and the 

 Dwina. 



Salibiit. — On the coast of Mommane very many hali- 

 but (Sippoglossus maxlmus) a.re taken, and salted down 

 for consumption in the interior. 



Halibut are found in great numbers on the Pacific 

 coast of North America, especially oS" the west coast of 

 Queen Charlotte Island, whei-e they are frequently taken 

 upwards of 100 pounds in weight, and often twice that 

 size. The Indians of that region catch and dry them 

 for food. 



Halibut in America are to some extent salted (espe- 

 cially the heads), some parts are smoked (principally the 

 backs and the bellies). The cheeks are considered a deli- 

 cacy. Salted halibut heads are sold at 20s. to 26s. per 



