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Afellus virefcens, Schwartres Gadus’ dorfo tripterygio, ore 
Kolmulen. Schonevelde,z0. . imberbi, max. inf. longiore, 
Afellus flavefcens ; Gelbe Kol- linea laterali curva. Aried. 
mulen. did. Synons 3,5. hi 
Afelius Huitingo-Pollachius. Gadus Pollachius. Lin. fpf. 
Wil. Icth. 167. 439. Gronov. Zooph. No. 318. 
Whiting Pollack. Rati fyn. pit. “Norwegis Scy. Babufiis Grafik ? 
53: Faun. Juec. No. 309. 
FAUHIS fpecies is common on many of our rocky 
i coafts: during fummer they are feen in great 
dhoals frolicking on the furface of the water, and 
flinging themfelves 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 ftrong fifh, being obferved to keep their 
{tation at the feet of the rocks in the moft turbulent 
and rapid fea. | 
They are a good eating fith: they do not grow 
to a very large fize; at left the biggeft we have feen 
not exceeding 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. | 
The under jaw is longer than the upper; the 
head and body rifes pretty high, as far as the firft 
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 a brown color. 
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