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which would go a long way toward supplying the whole of man's 

 consumption of herrings." 



The codfish (Gadns callarias in the Atlantic; ikiJiis uiacro- 



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l-'iG. 217. — Mutton-snapper, or Par^o crioUo, Lulianuf! analis (Cuv. ^t Val.). 



Key West. 



Fig. 21s. — Herring, Clupca harengus L. Ni-w York. 



Fig. 219. — Codfish, Gadas callarias L. Eastport, Maine. 



cephalus in the Pacific) likewise swarms in all the nortliern seas, 

 takes the hook readily, and is better food when salted and dried 

 than it is when fresh. 



