494 Fisuinc 1n AMERICAN WATERS. 
ly to the annoyance of fly-fishers for trout at sundown—yet 
they affect liver. Liver is an excellent bait for almost any 
brook fish. 
SECTION SECOND. 
THE WuHITING.—WMerlangus vulgaris. 
The whiting is a delicious table-fish, found in comparative 
plenty on the British coasts. This fish is by some thought 
superior to all the other Gadide. Very little is known of 
its natural history. It deposits its spawn in March, and the 
eggs are not long in hatching —about forty days, I think, 
varying, however, with the temperature of the season. Be- 
fore and after shedding its milt or roe, the whiting is out of 
condition, and should not be taken for a couple of months. 
The whiting prefers a sandy bottom, and is usually found a 
few miles from shore, its food being much the same as that 
of other fishes of the family to which it belongs. It is a 
smallish fish, usually about twelve inches long, and, on the 
average, two pounds in weight.—J. G, Berrram. 
This fish is of very recent discovery on the American 
coast; and as usual, in reference to rare fishes, I first saw it 
at Sutherland’s restaurant, in Liberty Street. It is very del- 
icate, precisely like the whiting of England, and generally 
taken with a deep-sea trawl about six miles seaward from the 
Newport shores. It is to be hoped that so great a luxury 
will be more generally sought for, and soon be so cheapened 
by abundance as to become a commercial fish. The fish is 
white-meated, and silver-white below the lateral line, and 
