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ZOOLOGY. 



is long and narrow, and the viyiparous eel-pout (Zoarces). the 

 cottoids or si-ulpius. and a number of allied forms, ve come 

 to the hake {Jferluciiis bilinearis Gill), the haddock {MeJano- 

 graviimis cBglefinus Gill, Fig. 421), and cod [Gadus morrliua 



Fi?. 451.— The n^dlock. 

 vratUt. 



ogrammvg <EQleJin-u». — From the Afnerican Xat- 



Linn., Fig. 422), all of which extend northwards from Cape 

 Hatteras, the cod abounding on both sides of the Atlantic, 

 being a circnmpolar fish. The cod does not, as formerlv 

 supposed. migrate along the coast, but seeks the cool tempe- 

 r:;ture to which it i- adapted by graritially passing in the 



Fi». 4'.>2-— The Cod-fish, Gadu% morrhua.~Fmm the American XaturaUit, 



earlr summer from shallow to deep water, and returning as 

 the season grows colder. It visits the shallow water of ^las- 

 sachusetts Bay to spawn about the first of Xovember, and 

 towards the last of the month deposits its eggs. About 



