276 PISH CULTUEE. 



" Waste not, want not ;" for it is absolutely certain 

 that, if we did not waste, we should not want ; and 

 if we knew how to avoid wasting, and practised 

 it, there would be no such things as paupers ; for 

 pauperism is, alas,, a self-entailed curse, that we 

 have only ourselves to thank for. I could devote 

 whole pages to the useful consideration of this sub- 

 ject at large, but I am compelled to confine my 

 attention here to fish only. 



There are many fish which inhabit both salt and 

 fresh water, which we now in our ignorance reject as 

 worthless ; whereas nothing which an All- wise Pro- 

 vidence has sent for our use is worthless. The 

 reason that we reject these fish is because we do 

 not know how to cook them, or what particular use 

 to put them to. The very worst fish that swims, the 

 most bony and apparently inedible of fish, contains 

 nourishing properties to a very large extent : for 

 example, they may be made into most excellent and 

 palatable soup, if flavoured according to taste, with 

 very, very little trouble or expense iadeed. Having 

 boiled a huge mass of cod's head, or a turbot, we, as 

 soon as possible, throw the liquor down the sink ; 

 but if that liquor were used again, when cool the 

 second time it would be a strong jelly. The skins 

 .and membranes of fish, for the most part, contain the 



