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manner. After being landed on the beach, 

 split open lengthwise down to the tail 

 fin. They are next hung up on poles or 

 frames in sheds or in the open air, until 

 these once fleet denizens of the deep have 

 shrivelled to " dried cod." If all the frames 

 are loaded, the fish are strewn with salt, or 

 placed in salt in large tubs for a few days, 

 and then laid out on the cliffs. Or they 

 are salted in barrels, forming the so-called 

 " salt cod." In the Catholic countries of 

 Europe and South America the, cod pre- 

 pared in any of these conditions forms the 

 staple article of food during Lent and on 

 other fast-days. 



Even the offal of the cod is turned to 



the fish are gutted, and 



J). x. 



K., Cod (in Pursuit of Herrings) ; D., Cod, Smaller Littoral Form ; Soli., Haddock. 

 (About one-eighth natural size.) 



use. From the liver cod-liver-oil has been prepared for a long time 

 past, and from the heads and entrails a valuable manure, known as " fish 

 guano," is now prepared. 



