THE EUROPEAN SEAS. 



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The turbot, cod, whiting, herring, whitebait, macke- 

 rel and sole may fairly be summoned to bear 

 testimony to this merit ; and though the salmon 

 belongs rather to the history of the land than 

 of the sea, it may, since it is anadromous, be 

 called as an additional and powerful witness. Be- 

 sides all these too, there are not a few of our less 

 known native fishes in the British seas that deserve 

 the commendations of the judicious epicure. 



