572 N"ATrEJLL HI5Ti:>EY OF AQU-iHC AyOOXS. 



dtanged uiiri:axti tlie infttEemee of seining. Tie ^oce fisterraea i"oaI*l eib^ta. notttlbrla^ sbA 

 TBSsels fixIIowBd t&fifli &F Lcr to sea. capturing t&eiK in. inncec^fe qriju-ties fiKt^r mf^ft fijom lani. 

 The fislieries had produeed no srnih enecc somiL oif G^pe Cod^ and tr was ■iT±:e inKxpIiealife: "iar 

 their Iiiibiis ^ooM kare been s^j nnjdilieil ia tiie nortEu Izi 1S7S. iewerer. afixf ren jsais tff maiKi 

 tii^ resam€<i tbeir Skoks liabcts of Iin^^lnz tbe ^MHres. sod tie Men^dieB fis^foy of Haimt vas 

 juried oa, fiw rlie aiosr pan:, in tke liv^is. 



Why riie soii'jr.ls swim, at tke soniioe ?o eoi^pieaoas a prey to nnfa. Itrds. aod orier fif&es b 

 not fcaown. It d.^es hoc appear ro be foe riie poxpase of feeiirij: pofaaps rlie Ssbecaiaffi > r-xin; 

 whea he declares zhj^z tiiey are playiag. 



Aa old maekerel lisfienruiiL ihc-? 'V^orijes tie dr^Hesee in die ijjCi^ ^ the {Bae&jael^£d 

 Mmhaden: •- Ponies 5<:iiool diliereiitly feom Biae&erd; the P'jgy siips with li> uuL and ra 

 moderate weathec ysra can hear tie ?< cud <£ a ^i.t l ai thCTt. i? nisC one and ties aaecher 

 strikes rb.e water. Hie B^e&ei^ X':- akmz -z-IIiez.' z'asz is*, prirniix the sides « tb^ d<r;id.i eat 

 of the watH- lls they s"^.:::. The Po:ztes i^tke i fla^^inj ?<:'aiid: iiie naetend a c^^hs^ >:: nai^ 

 Somerimes in ealm and I'ji.zy weath^ yoa ean hear Jj Si.'ijcl «f ^ae&rasl mOes afwaiyr Z&h- d» 

 not attract snudl birds lL5 do :he sclioi.us of ;^«^eeoas fish- Tlie fish-hawk o£teB. fcf v-^r^ ahc^cie' 

 them, and sosie of tiie larger gulls aeeasiooLiny fblfow them izi ijiiesc of a meaL Aboar Lape Cod 

 one of the gnlls. perhaps Jjmrvt itrgentntas^ :s ealted --P.'-iy GoIL"' 



On warm, srdL smmy days the fish raaj~ always be seea it: zh.'^ ?.:irri.:6. bnt eoU or tamy 

 weather ajtid prevodLing n<Nrth»iy (x eastsiy wiads qoie&ly eas^e ti^i re d^ai^e^ W&^ it b 

 xoagh they are not so o&en seen. LXioczh. sod:":Is of tiiein fireqaently a^ear whsL &e se-i is t:o 

 hizh. Ito ds Iiernieii to ser their neis. The best ^ts fi* Eenhadeor&shing aie wbea the wimd :s 

 nocthwestedy in the niirnmz. d~az oat ia the siiddle of uie day, anl spiia^a^ sp j,^iiii b rke 

 aiSsssaeoKm tt&m the southwest^ with i dear sky. A;: the ehaj^e cf the wind <» -ijd a di(y ttej^ 

 come to the saz&ee in lirge nrLiiibers. 



A coespaiison of the efceiit of the weathernpt^ ciie Meohaden and die Hexiiaz yie-I-is ^:cie 

 enriocs resiilt& The latt^ is a e<d.d-water spi^.-ies. With the adTanee of sasaeaeF ti seeis the- 

 north, recaruinz to oar '^VLirers with the af^coaekof eoid. The Meahad^ peters Che tenp^EKise 

 of 68° F. or DMKe; the Herrtng. 5.3- F. and Less. When the Menha^n deserr the Golf of iMafme 

 they are replaced by the Herrtaa:. Cold weath«» iddvcs the former to the ^v-armer siirara. wiufe ik: 

 brings the latter to the .~crij.oe. The eooditioBs raost £«Toeab£e on our et asc Sht the appearaitee «f 

 Herring on che soxfiice. and whieh L'orres[":'nd rrL-i^isely with zhose whhA h^ve been oaade mmk i^r 

 tte ci.-iiisc ai Europe, are least s«.i for the Menhaden. • 



Their winter habitat, like that of the other o^-water abseacees. has ne^cer been detenni^id. 

 The most plaosiMe hyroTdesis supposes that iiiscead of Bigratii^ towards the tropes or hEber- 

 natLag near the shore, .is has be^ft ^dlaioied bar many, they s^v-.ni oat to seii nntS they and a 

 stratum of water eorrespoading to that fieqaented by them, dvring^ their summer so^xim on the 

 ijoasr. 



This is reEideced probable by the foUowmg uoasitleKiCioos: 1. That the namb«r<rf iteahanteLin 

 soathem waters is not dini-^isd-d in seasons o( their abcniimtfe on the nnHcthera ot.^asr. nor increased 

 in those of their abeenee fioaa the latter reci.'U. -. That there are loeai ratie'Tes <]f ^e^eekSyife- 

 tingnislieil by pLivs.'.-u eharaeters almost ot speeihc Taloe, by £iiex^Kes in hahitsv and it the o-ase 

 (.d' the M;'ather'j. sodO'O':? by the ariLversai presence in the otoath of a ortLStaeeoa parasite, whkh is 

 ceTer tbond in the speeimea^ ouuzht north of Cape May. 3w Tfeat tihe same s<:d'xxs usaally reap>- 

 pearin the saaie waters in .-^oce.ssiTe year-<. 4. That their T^ty prompt arrival n> the sptDig 

 suczests their p'-eseaje in wicers near at "hand. -3. Thatthtsr It^aaaess wfcai theirs: appear 



