Class IV. POLLACK. i^9 



in great Ihoals frolicking on the fur face of the 

 water, and flinging themfeives into a thoufand 

 forms. They are at that time fo wanton as to bite 

 at any thing that appears on the top of the waves, 

 and are often taken with a goofe's feather fixed to 

 the hook. They are a very ilrong fifh, being ob- 

 ferved to keep their ftation at the feet of the rocks 

 in the mod turbulent and rapid fea. 



They are a good eating filh : they do not grow 

 to a very large fize j at left the biggeft we have 

 feen did not exceed fix or feven pounds : but we 

 have heard of fome that were taken in the fea near 

 Scarborough^ which they frequent during winter, 

 that weighed near twenty-eight pounds. They are 

 there called Leets. 



The under jaw is longer than the upper; the 

 head and body rifes pretty high, as far as the firfl 

 dorfal fin. 



The fide line is incurvated, rifing towards the 

 middle of the back, then finking and running 

 ftrait to the tail ; it is broad, and of a brown color. 



The firft dorfal fin has eleven rays, the mid- 

 dle nineteen, the laft fixteen : the tail is a little 

 forked. 



The color of the back is dufky, of fome in- 

 clining to green : the fides beneath the lateral line 

 marked with lines of yellow s the belly white. 



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