DEEP-SEA FISHES. 



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DEEP-SEA FISHING. 



I HARDLY hold myself justified in enumerating the Cod, Haddock, 

 Whiting, Halibut and Flounder among game fishes, but as it is proba- 

 ble that some of my readers do regard them as such, and pursue them 

 for the pleasure of the capture, independent of profit, I shall proceed 

 to describe the first three briefly, and shall devote a few pages in 

 another portion of this work to a consideration of the modes and 

 methods of their capture. 



The huge Halibut, HippoglossuS Vulgaris, and the Flounder, Pleu- 

 ronectes Dentatus, I shall content myself with naming, as I cannot 

 bring myself to regard them as fit for any but culinary purposes. In 

 like manner the Hake, the Cusk, the Pollock, and many others of the 

 Cod family, I shall pass in silence as objects only of casual pursuit, 

 except to the professional fisherman, who plies his daily toil to earn his 

 daily bread. 



